https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/Recent content in Blog on Adams Industries LLCHugoen-us© 2026 Adams Industries LLCTue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2026-04-francine-construction-clock-180-days-five-draws/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2026-04-francine-construction-clock-180-days-five-draws/You’ve chosen the contractor-managed path (the state calls it Solution 2). You’ve selected a contractor. You signed the grant agreement. Today is your grant execution date, and three clocks just started running. This is the post about those clocks. Specifically: 180 days to begin construction with at least one inspection on record Up to five progress-based draws through the life of the project 365 days to complete the project, unless a written hardship extension is approved If you understand these three, you can read the program timeline.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2026-02-choosing-your-francine-solution-2-contractor/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2026-02-choosing-your-francine-solution-2-contractor/You have an award letter from the Hurricane Francine Homeowner Assistance Program. You have your Estimated Cost of Repairs. You’re choosing the contractor-managed path (the state’s term for it is Solution 2), which means you pick the contractor. Now you’re looking at proposals from people offering to do the work. This is the post for that moment. What the program verifies, what you should verify, and the questions worth asking before you sign a contract.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-12-francine-damage-assessment-what-to-expect/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-12-francine-damage-assessment-what-to-expect/The Hurricane Francine application is in. Eligibility has been reviewed. The next milestone for homeowners moving through the program is the damage and lead assessment, the on-site visit that produces your home’s Estimated Cost of Repairs. This is the step that sets the budget for everything that follows. If you’re planning to pick your own contractor under the program’s contractor-managed path (Solution 2 in the program’s terminology), the ECR is what your contractor’s scope of work has to fall inside.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-10-adams-industries-joins-francine-solution-2/Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-10-adams-industries-joins-francine-solution-2/We’re confirming what some of you have asked about already: Adams Industries is a participating contractor for the Hurricane Francine Homeowner Assistance Program (RLHP-24) and appears on the official Hurricane Francine Solution 2 Contractors roster at restore.la.gov. This is the same arrangement we had for the 2020-21 Restore Louisiana program (Laura, Delta, Zeta, Ida, May 2021 storms), now extended to the Francine program. Same license, same insurance, same crew, same Baton Rouge phone number.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-08-after-the-francine-survey-environmental-review/Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-08-after-the-francine-survey-environmental-review/The Hurricane Francine program survey closed June 30, 2025. If you submitted before that date, you’re in the pool the state is now working through. The next step on the homeowner timeline is the environmental review, and it’s the step that confuses people because it doesn’t involve them doing anything. Here’s what’s happening, why, and where you can expect to be in the queue. What the environmental review is The environmental review is a federal requirement that comes with any project funded by HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) dollars.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-06-francine-survey-deadline-june-30/Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-06-francine-survey-deadline-june-30/If you sustained damage from Hurricane Francine and you live in one of the nine declared parishes, the Restore Louisiana program survey deadline is June 30, 2025. That is the gateway to everything else in the program. Without it, you can’t be invited to apply, which means you can’t be awarded funds, which means no recovery project — neither the state-managed Solution 1 path nor the contractor-managed Solution 2 path.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-05-hurricane-francine-recovery-what-we-know/Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2025-05-hurricane-francine-recovery-what-we-know/Hurricane Francine made landfall on September 11, 2024 as a Category 2 storm, crossing Louisiana’s coast and pushing inland through the bayou parishes. President Biden declared a major disaster (DR-4817-LA) five days later. Eight months on, the federal recovery dollars are committed, the state’s action plan is approved, and the Restore Louisiana program is taking surveys from homeowners in the affected parishes. This is the first in a series of posts we’ll be writing on Francine recovery.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-11-after-the-deadline/Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-11-after-the-deadline/The Restore Louisiana application deadline passed on October 31. That milestone matters for homeowners who were racing to apply — they either made it or they didn’t. But for homeowners with grants already executed, or grants that will execute in the coming weeks, the work is just starting. This post is for Solution 2 homeowners who have an award letter and ECR in hand, or are about to. The process from here.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-10-application-deadline-extended/Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-10-application-deadline-extended/On October 19, the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program announced an extension of the application deadline to Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The extension is aimed at approximately 6,500 homeowners who completed the initial survey but haven’t yet submitted the full application. The official announcement is on the program’s news page: Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program Extends Application Deadline to Tuesday, Oct. 31. Local coverage from KPLC summarized the announcement the same day.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-07-survey-deadline-approaching/Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-07-survey-deadline-approaching/If you’re a Louisiana homeowner with unrepaired damage from Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, Ida, or the May 2021 severe storms, and you haven’t completed the Restore Louisiana initial survey — do it this week. The state has set August 1, 2023 as the deadline to complete the initial survey for 2020-21 disaster events. The survey is the gateway to everything else in the program: without it, you can’t be invited to apply, which means you can’t be awarded funds, which means no Solution 1 or Solution 2 project.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-05-restore-louisiana-expands-eligibility/Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-05-restore-louisiana-expands-eligibility/This week, Governor John Bel Edwards announced a meaningful expansion of eligibility for the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program. The changes open the program up to homeowners who didn’t qualify under the original criteria — particularly those with lower damage amounts and those who received larger insurance settlements. If you filed and were told you didn’t qualify — or if you never filed because you assumed you didn’t — now is the time to re-check.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-03-the-180-day-clock/Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-03-the-180-day-clock/Two dates govern every Solution 2 project: 180 days from grant execution: construction must begin, with at least one inspection documenting progress. 365 days from grant execution: construction must complete, unless a written hardship extension is approved. These aren’t targets. They’re the rules. Miss them without the right paperwork and you have a real problem — including the possibility that the program pulls funding for work that hasn’t happened. Here’s how to keep the clock moving.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-01-adams-industries-joins-solution-2/Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2023-01-adams-industries-joins-solution-2/We’re glad to confirm what many of you already knew informally: Adams Industries is a participating contractor for Solution 2 of the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program. This isn’t a new thing we’re doing. It’s the paperwork finally catching up to the work we’ve been doing for two decades — licensed Louisiana residential construction with documented scopes, insurance coordination, and a schedule that actually holds. What this means if you’re a homeowner If your home qualifies for the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program and you’ve chosen Solution 2 (or are still deciding), you can pick Adams Industries directly.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-10-the-project-plan-what-to-expect/Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-10-the-project-plan-what-to-expect/The Project Plan is the single most important piece of paper you’ll sign as a Solution 2 homeowner. It’s the document the program uses to track your project, release your draws, and verify completion. It’s also the document that pins the contractor to a scope and schedule. Here’s what goes into one — and what to check before you sign. What the program wants in the Project Plan At minimum, the Project Plan needs:https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-07-vetting-a-solution-2-contractor/Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-07-vetting-a-solution-2-contractor/If you’re filing under Solution 2, you’re the one picking the contractor. The program verifies a couple of things — license and insurance — with the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, and after that the evaluation is on you. Here’s the checklist we tell homeowners to run through before signing anything. 1. Confirm the Louisiana license directly Don’t take a screenshot from a contractor’s website as proof. Go to lslbc.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-04-solution-1-vs-solution-2/Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-04-solution-1-vs-solution-2/We’ve been getting the same question from homeowners all week: “I’m in the Restore Louisiana program. How do I decide between Solution 1 and Solution 2?” There’s no universal right answer, but there’s a framework that makes it obvious for most people. The short version Solution 1 is program-managed construction. The state selects a pool of contractors, assigns the work, and runs the project from scope through sign-off. You’re less in the driver’s seat and the process moves on the program’s schedule.https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-02-restore-louisiana-launches-for-2020-21-homeowners/Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://adamsindustriesllc.com/blog/2022-02-restore-louisiana-launches-for-2020-21-homeowners/After nearly eighteen months of waiting, the Louisiana Office of Community Development opened the doors this month on the next phase of the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program. The phase is aimed at owner-occupied homes damaged by Hurricanes Laura and Delta (2020), Hurricane Zeta (2020), Hurricane Ida (2021), and the May 2021 severe storms. For anyone who’s been living under a tarp for a year and change, this is the federal money catching up to the damage.