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City (of Rochester NY) offers financial assistance to homeowners for roof replacement and repairs
whec.com ^ | 10/25/22 | Bonnie Marrocco

Posted on 10/25/2022 2:46:07 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU

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1 posted on 10/25/2022 2:46:07 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU
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To: AbolishCSEU

$35,000 for a roof is ludicrous. I had standing seam metal roof installed for less than $25,000.


2 posted on 10/25/2022 2:51:16 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: thegagline

Roofers charge big bucks now for roofing.


3 posted on 10/25/2022 3:07:14 PM PDT by Revel
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To: thegagline

Probably on houses that aren’t even worth that much.


4 posted on 10/25/2022 3:09:26 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Revel

I am a roofing contractor in Rochester and have never come across a residential single-family home that warranted a $35k roof replacement. These grants are nothing more than slush funds run by idiots in the building departments


5 posted on 10/25/2022 3:13:15 PM PDT by Joshua (to many of the early chur)
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To: Revel

“Roofers charge big bucks now for roofing.”

And they use illegals for labor which are living off of the American taxpayer and pocketing the money.


6 posted on 10/25/2022 3:18:45 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: Joshua

Mexicans will fare well. They have pretty much taken over the roofing business. Most of their labor is illegal, and lots of their income is exported.


7 posted on 10/25/2022 3:21:02 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: AbolishCSEU

What percentage of home ownership does the city retain?

The camel says, “Invite me into the tent.”


8 posted on 10/25/2022 3:21:20 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: AbolishCSEU
Rochester?


9 posted on 10/25/2022 3:22:22 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: AbolishCSEU
Maybe it's just me, but I believe that if a homeowner needs a roof, he should pay for it himself, and not make other people, who might not be as well off as he is, to finance it for him.

If you can't afford a roof when you need it, you can't afford a house.

10 posted on 10/25/2022 3:23:52 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: thegagline

And city roofs are only like 24 x 24


11 posted on 10/25/2022 3:30:59 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: AbolishCSEU

If you’re white, don’t bother applying.


12 posted on 10/25/2022 3:32:13 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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“I believe that if a homeowner needs a roof, he should pay for it himself.”

Wow, aren’t you curmudgeonly! Depriving needy people of a roof. How cold hearted can you be?

The federal government should step in and provide Roof Loans. Then Biden can use the stroke of his pen in a couple years to wipe out all Roof Debt. Why should people be expected to repay the roof contract they signed?


13 posted on 10/25/2022 3:35:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The “I” in Democrat stands for “Integrity.”)
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To: AbolishCSEU

A lucky 80 local Democrat canvassers, ballot fixers and friends of the Mayor will be eligible.


14 posted on 10/25/2022 3:36:18 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: AbolishCSEU

In the interest of public health and safety, the roofers should be required to take all the necessary shingles vaccine and boosters in order to remain in their employed capacity.


15 posted on 10/25/2022 3:38:25 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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So lets say you have a two story 2500 square foot house with multiple valleys. There are two layers of asphalt shingles over wooden shingles on a planked roof. You need to strip all the shingles and install sheathing over the planks and then install new shingles/ Ice Guard. 12/7 roof pitch. What would you charge?


16 posted on 10/25/2022 3:38:52 PM PDT by Revel
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To: thegagline

Depends where you live!


17 posted on 10/25/2022 3:50:01 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Wow! We just paid $12,500. That price is high in the article. Bet NY makes disposing of shingles very difficult and that is why the price is so high.


18 posted on 10/25/2022 3:55:19 PM PDT by madison10 (There is no King, but Jesus.)
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I am a roofer and even with all you have listed..a thousand a square would be a gravy job for me....The profit alone would allow me to bank 10K...assuming your in Rochester and going to get 35K...we could each pocket an additional 5...CALL ME,lol


19 posted on 10/25/2022 4:11:20 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: madison10

That and the union cronies that will get the jobs.


20 posted on 10/25/2022 4:26:37 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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