Chinese Drywall Toxic?

The New Orleans area Habitat for Humanity is rebuilding several homes after they were found to have toxic Chinese drywall. WGNO News Reporter Vanessa Bolano has the latest from Hollygrove.

The New Orleans area Habitat for Humanity is rebuilding several homes after they were found to have toxic Chinese drywall. WGNO News Reporter Vanessa Bolano has the latest from Hollygrove. Months after construction slowed down on Ferry Place in Hollygrove …

NEW ORLEANS — Most people would be horrified to have their brand new home completely gutted, but for Jovan Washington, it was time to smile with relief. “I’m very happy,” she said. “Bittersweet. I’m happy that we are finally getting a healthier house …

Habitat for Humanity of Lee County is facing a $750,000 bill to gut at least 24 homes built with defective Chinese drywall and relocate the residents. Habitat President and CEO Katherine Green says the homes were built between 2006 and 2009 in Lehigh Acres …

Habitat for Humanity says it will be gutting about 24 Florida homes it built with defective Chinese drywall. The homes were built between 2006 and 2009 in Lehigh Acres, Cape Coral, North Fort Myers and Bonita Springs with Chinese drywall donated through Habitat’s national organization. This isn’t Habitat for Humanity’s first run-in with Chinese drywall. [...]

At least 70 Habitat for Humanity homes in New Orleans are slated to be gutted because they were built with defective Chinese drywall. According to a ProPublica report, Habitat is still running tests on more than 300 homes the group built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, so the number of homes scheduled for [...]

At least 70 Habitat for Humanity homes in New Orleans are slated to be gutted because they were built with defective Chinese drywall . According to a ProPublica report, Habitat is still running tests on …

NEW ORLEANS — Trying to figure out how to tell her son Michael that his home has Chinese drywall in it brings Jovan Washington to tears. “And it is hard to explain to a 7-year-old that we are going to have to one day move out of our home. Our home is what is making [...]

Habitat for Humanity has come under fire recently for allegedly using tainted Chinese drywall as part of the organization’s aggressive rebuilding program in New Orleans.

It seems Habitat for Humanity is finally taking steps to address the Chinese drywall issue. According to the Sarasota-Herald Tribune, the non-profit group has established an internal task force to research use of the defective wallboard in homes it built in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The Sarasota-Herald Tribune, in cooperation with ProPublica, recently [...]