{"id":429195,"date":"2026-10-16T04:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429195\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:20:08","slug":"platform-aims-to-help-tampa-bay-homeowners-after-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429195\/","title":{"rendered":"Platform aims to help Tampa Bay homeowners after hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A new <a href=\"https:\/\/startindigo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">risk management platform called Indigo<\/a> is aimed at helping Tampa Bay homeowners find and track contractors after natural disasters, as parts of Florida recover from damage after Hurricane Isaias hit the Panhandle last week.<\/p>\n<p>The platform comes as some homeowners face fraudulent contractors who take money but do not complete repairs. Through Indigo, homeowners can create a profile, claim their property, register a project and add or search for a contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Alvin Klasi, a realtor with Peoples Trust Reality Inc., said many homeowners do not know where to turn after a hurricane damages their property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people don\u2019t know who to hire until they\u2019re in the situation,\u201d Klasi said.<\/p>\n<p>Klasi said some homeowners have hired contractors, only to be left with homes still in disrepair. He said some homes remain untouched because of undocumented situations involving uncontracted people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still homes today in 2026, coming up on 2027 that haven\u2019t even been touched,\u201d Klasi said.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Cleary, founder and CEO of Indigo, said he developed the platform after his own experience following the 2024 hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s meant for the homeowner to protect their biggest asset,\u201d Cleary said.<\/p>\n<p>Cleary said the goal is to make the process easier for families during difficult moments and to keep contractors accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re using this platform to keep the contractors held accountable through transparency,\u201d Cleary said. \u201cWe want to know if there\u2019s delays, we want to know if there is something going on with the money, the entire process is something homeowners are not used to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klasi said he believes Indigo could be useful for realtors and their clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it\u2019ll help them with guidance on who to choose, who to pick and who to follow, who to trust,\u201d Klasi said.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowners can begin uploading their information now. Contractor information is expected to be available to the community beginning next week. Once homeowners and contractors are paired, Indigo will follow through until the project is completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A new risk management platform called Indigo is aimed at helping Tampa Bay homeowners&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[6076,115,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,835],"class_list":["post-429195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-lizbeth-gutierrez","tag-news","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429195","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=429195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}