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Hampton Roads drywall woes garner national attention

While some Hampton Roads homeowners trekked to Washington, D.C. Thursday to meet with lawmakers about toxic Chinese drywall issues, a Williamsburg man was featured in a New York Times story about how the toxic drywall has ruined his life.

Bill Morgan paid $383,000 for his home in the Wellington Estates development in Williamsburg, The Times reported. But he had to abandon the home and eventually declare bankruptcy because the toxic drywall made his family sick and ruined household appliances.

“My home is not worth the land it’s built on,” Morgan, a retired police officer, told the newspaper. One attorney quoted in the story estimated that as many as 100,000 homes need to be torn down.

At the same time, a contingent of Hampton Roads homeowners pressed their case in Washington with lawmakers and with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, WVEC-TV reported.

"Families in our states are, in many cases, watching their dream homes turn into nightmares," a letter from the lawmakers said.

The homeowners and lawmakers want federal agencies to give money to affected homeowners, from subsidized rent to people who have to move out of their homes to money to pay for people to remove the tainted wallboard from their homes.

Bill Morgan, the retired police officer in Williamsburg, still visits his now-former home to cut the grass.

“When I drive by my house, it breaks my heart,” Morgan told The Times. 

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