The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to local and utility leaders. How do you keep the utilities running, ensure the safety of your employees and residents, or hold public meetings in the social distancing era? There's no one-size-fits-all solution, so...
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Community Roundtable: Addressing New Challenges from COVID-19 – Moderated by the NLC
by Bill Eller | May 27, 2020
Public servants and business leaders will discuss the new challenges that cities face in managing the COVID-19 epidemic and how to best face those challenges in a community roundtable moderated by the National League of Cities. The way cities operate has changed in...
Telefix Remote Home Repair Assistance Service Has Launched
by slwamktg | Apr 28, 2020
HomeServe USA, a leading provider of home repair solutions, launched Telefix, a new remote home repair assistance option. The new service, which is in early release, allows qualified technicians to remotely examine, diagnose, and even offer repair guidance to help...
HomeServe Cares Foundation – Lower Lights Ministry
by Peter Buttrick | Apr 15, 2020
The HomeServe Cares Foundation helped Columbus, Ohio's Lower Lights Ministries repair their sewer line to ensure the house remained habitable for the women who rely on the home and the organization. Click the video below to watch what happened. For more information...
Case Study: Orem, UT
by HomeServe USA | Apr 13, 2020
The All-Together Playground in Orem, Utah, is the first of its kind in Utah County and on the crest of a movement to make play accessible to all children and provide children with disabilities a way to play alongside their peers. Among the sources of funding were...
Case Study: Tuscon, AZ
by HomeServe USA | Apr 13, 2020
Case Study: Tuscon, AZ Municipalities that partner with the NLC Service Line Warranty Program receive a revenue share from policies sold that can be dedicated to a wide variety of beneficial community programs. The City of Tucson, Arizona, utilizes the funding to...
Case Study: Jackson Township Municipal Authority
by HomeServe USA | Apr 13, 2020
The Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority has turned a program that educates residents about their service line responsibilities and provides repair assistance into a resource that benefits the entire community. Jackson...
Case Study: Baton Rouge, LA
by HomeServe USA | Apr 13, 2020
Case Study: Baton Rouge, LA Linda J. of Baton Rouge learned the hard way that all home warranties are NOT created equal. She thought she was covered in the case of an emergency home repair – after all, she had a plumbing policy from a national home warranty company...
Case Study: Baltimore, MD
by HomeServe USA | Apr 13, 2020
Baltimore City is nearly 300 years old and encompasses 92 square miles, more than 620,000 residents, and countless icons – the Inner Harbor, Mount Vernon, Fort McHenry, the home of the Preakness Stakes, Camden Yards, and Johns...
Case Study: Wichita, KS
by HomeServe USA | Apr 13, 2020
Tony R. of Wichita had grown up in his grandparents’ home on Waco Avenue, and he returned to the home that had been in his family since 1942 when it came into his possession ten years ago. That was when he noticed the plumbing problems: much of the home had low...
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