Crisco takes action on crumbling residential foundations

HARTFORD – As hundreds of Connecticut homeowners are facing crumbling foundations due to a private-sector concrete company’s apparent mistake, the Insurance and Real Estate Committee that state Sen. Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) co-chairs has passed a proposed bill designed to help homeowners in the future who may experience similar problems. 

Joseph J. Crisco

Hundreds of homes in northwest Connecticut that were built in the 1980s and 1990s have failing foundations due to some faulty concrete mix used by a private business contractor.

Last summer, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called on the Department of Consumer Protection and the Office of the Attorney General to conduct an investigation into these crumbling foundations.

Recently, The Insurance and Real Estate Committee passed a bill requiring insurance policies issued in the future to provide coverage to homeowners ‘for the peril of collapse and any work undertaken to prevent all or part of the covered dwelling from falling down or caving in.’

“It’s our responsibility to protect the public- that’s what we’re elected to do,” Crisco said. 
“There are people whose entire life savings is in their home. To have that destroyed is an injustice.”

House Bill 5522, “AN ACT CONCERNING HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICIES AND COVERAGE FOR THE PERIL OF COLLAPSE,” was approved by the committee and forwarded to the House floor for further action.


This is a press release from Crisco's office.