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Lottery registration opened for Louisiana Fortify Homes Program grants
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- If you want to make your home more able to withstand the Louisiana storms, help is on the way.
The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program opened the next round of registrations for their $10,000 fortified roof grant to help eligible homeowners strengthen their roofs to better withstand hurricane-force winds.
The Louisiana Department of Insurance opened registrations for their LFHP grant earlier this morning and they will remain open until Sunday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m.
For a chance to be selected, the LDI said homeowners must register online to enter the program's lottery and if you registered during a previous round but were not selected, you must register again if you want to participate in the next round.
Once the lottery registration period closes, the LFHP will randomly select 1,000 participants and notify the registrants who are selected to participate.
This round of grants is limited to residents of Louisiana’s Coastal Zone and of Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake. LDI recommends participants to go on their website to review eligibility information and determine whether your home meets the requirements for the program.
LDI Commissioner Tim Temple urges homeowners to not only participate in the program, but to also look into fortifying their homes themselves.
“With over 1,800 fortified roof grants issued since the program began in 2023, the LFHP is making Louisiana a more attractive place for insurers to do business and encouraging other homeowners to fortify their homes without a grant,” said Temple. “The number of homes fortified without a grant grew tremendously in 2024, nearly quadrupling from 878 on Jan. 1 to 3,364 by the end of the year.”