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\nKentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed legislation on Monday creating a statewide rebate program for Kentucky residents to have severe weather safe rooms.<\/p>\n
\nKentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed legislation on Monday creating a statewide rebate program for Kentucky residents to have severe weather safe rooms.<\/p>\n
The program, which will make homeowners eligible for a 50% rebate for building or installing a safe room in their primary residence, will begin in January 2027. The rebate will max out at $5,000.<\/p>\n
The legislation, Senate Bill 11, says that qualifying safe rooms will be made available and opened to the community during a weather-related emergency.<\/p>\n
Residents will be required to fill out an application to request a rebate, verify their safe room complies with FEMA guidelines and verify that it will be open to the community. The division overseeing the program will maintain a list for the public or residential safe rooms<\/p>\n
The governor\u2019s office says that Kentucky Emergency Management has overseen the construction of 97 safe rooms in 32 counties over the last 15 years that have the capacity to provide shelter to 44,000 Kentuckians.<\/p>\n
Beshear has urged legislators to designate funding for the program, saying emergency management does not currently have the funds available from its own budget or FEMA.
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