Florida families hurt by Chinese drywall should receive financial aid, interim director of the state’s Department of Emergency Management, David Halstead, wrote to Washington yesterday. Halstead wrote the letter to officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the urging of Governor Charlie Crist, who has expressed concern over the broad and potentially more widespread risks associated with drywall from China. The letter asked federal officials to consider alternative modes of compensation. Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are three of the four highest counties in number of Florida Department of Health drywall cases. According to the letter, Halstead asked the government to conduct a preliminary damage assessment related to these problems, and warned that there could be far more families affected than previously anticipated. [Sun-Sentinel]
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