SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Earthquake Brace and Bolt Retrofit program provides homeowners with $3,000 grants to better secure and retrofit homes in case a major earthquake rolls through.
Program applications will be accepted by the California Residential Mitigation Program until midnight Wednesday, 3/26.
To qualify:
- You must own your home
- The home must be built before 1980
- The home must have wood-frame construction with a raised foundation or crawl space under home
- Must be in an eligible zip code
California Earthquake Authority Chief Mitigation Officer Janiele Maffei said over 30,000 homes have been retrofitted through the program since 2013.
She estimates at least one million homes could still be eligible.
