A Practitioners Guide to Rehabbing Flooded Homes

From: HUD USER News
 
The methods of determining how badly a flooded home
has been damaged and how to repair it are relatively
similar, regardless of the location and whatever the
cause - high rains, flooded rivers, coastal waves, or
hurricanes. To assist in the rehabilitation, HUD's
Office of Policy Development and Research and the
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
recently released a guide for professional builders
and contractors restoring flooded single-family homes.
Rehabbing Flooded Houses: A Guide for Builders and
Contractors emphasizes safe practices and important
activities in the rehabbing process that address
common health hazards in flooded homes, determine a
home's structural soundness, and prevent or minimize
damage from future flooding. This bilingual guidebook,
presented in both Spanish and English, is available as
a free download from HUD USER at
 www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/destech/Rehab_Flood_Houses.html.
 
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