{"id":156585,"date":"2026-02-15T20:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/156585\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:42:22","slug":"my-safe-florida-home-program-leaves-port-st-lucie-resident-with-no-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/156585\/","title":{"rendered":"My Safe Florida Home program leaves Port St. Lucie resident \u2018with no explanation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">WFLX continues to help you navigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/community\/lets-hear-it\/lets-hear-it-share-your-thoughts-on-the-my-safe-florida-home-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">My Safe Florida Home application process.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Reporter Matt Sczesny on Tuesday listened to a homeowner in Port St. Lucie who said the program came up short for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mike Morabito emailed us looking for answers as to why he only received part of the My Safe Florida Home grant that he was promised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He showed us on his My Safe Florida Home account that the case was closed, and he\u2019s wondering how a $10,000 grant turned into a payment of just $1,844.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Morabito said it has left him \u201cwith no explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey admit they didn\u2019t pay you $8,156,\u201d Sczesny told Morabito.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He said the work on his home included a roof, a garage door, a front door and shutters to harden his home against storms at a total cost of more than $17,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI have tried to call them,\u201d Morabito said. \u201cI was on hold with them two weeks ago for an hour and 40 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Morabito said he never got through to anybody while waiting on hold. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WFLX contacted representatives of the My Safe Florida Home program in Tallahassee about Morabito\u2019s case. We\u2019re still waiting for an answer as to why his grant had changed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">Matt Sczesny is determined every day to help you find solutions in Florida\u2019s coverage collapse. If you have a question or comment on homeowners insurance, you can reach out to him any time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WFLX continues to help you navigate the My Safe Florida Home application process. Reporter Matt Sczesny on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-156585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}