The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has released the 2025 FORTIFIED Home, FORTIFIED Commercial, and FORTIFIED Multifamily construction standards. Since its inception in 2010, the ...

The Rising Oaks subdivision construction site in Terrytown was buzzing with activity on a recent Thursday morning. Under a blazing sun, workers swarmed around eight midcentury-modern-style houses ...

In 2024 through November 1, there were 24 confirmed weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each that have affected the U.S., according to the National Centers for ...

Louisiana lawmakers are proposing a host of measures to help incentivize — and possibly require — the building of fortified roofs, which are widely seen as one solution to the spiraling insurance ...

Alabama State Rep. Frances Holk-Jones, R-Gulf Shores, said she knew the “Fortified” home construction program was a success after Hurricane Sally in 2020. An insurance agent with State Farm, ...

A recently completed FORTIFIED™ Roof installed by Beardman Building Services in Bradenton, FL Beardman Building Services Now a FORTIFIED™ Roof Provider, Offering Stronger Protection for Homeowners ...

When Hurricane Ike swept across Galveston Bay in 2008, 110-mile-an-hour winds peeled away roofs and flattened homes. But in a ...

Under her leadership, Lafayette Habitat has built or rehabilitated more than 150 homes in partnership with local first-time ...