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Connecticut

elleng

(137,255 posts) Tue Jun 7, 2016, 05:55 PM Jun 2016

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'Across nearly 20 towns in northeastern Connecticut, a slow-motion disaster is unfolding, as local officials and homeowners wrestle with an extraordinary phenomenon. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of home foundations that have been poured since the 1980s are cracking, with fissures so large you can slip a hand inside.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/nyregion/with-connecticut-foundations-crumbling-your-home-is-now-worthless.html?

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With Connecticut Foundations Crumbling, ‘Your Home Is Now Worthless’ [View all] elleng Jun 2016 OP

What a nightmare for those people! WhiteTara Jun 2016 #1

I hate this but not surprising yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #2

Unimaginable stress !!! SamKnause Jun 2016 #3

The state could force the insurers to cover the homes, but won't. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #4

CT is a mess. bigwillq Jun 2016 #5