HUD Secretary Donovan Joins Congressmen Diaz-Balart, Wexler, Klein, and State Senator Deutch for Tour of South Florida Home with Chinese Drywall

For Immediate Release:

-PRESS AVAILABILITY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TOUR-

MIAMI-Tomorrow, Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Wexler (FL-19), and Ron Klein (FL-22) and State Senator Ted Deutch will be joined by Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan, for a tour of a Boynton Beach home afflicted by contaminated Chinese drywall.

Reps. Wexler and Diaz-Balart, the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Contaminated Drywall, will emphasize to Secretary Donovan the devastating impact contaminated Chinese drywall has had on the lives of the Roberts family, who own a home in the community of Cobblestone Creek. Dr. Steve Roberts and his wife Jennifer Roberts have struggled with their 16 month-old daughter’s frequent respiratory infections, and the fact that their home has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in value as a result of this toxic product.

WHO: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan
Congressman Robert Wexler
Congressman Mario-Diaz Balart
Congressman Ron Klein
State Senator Ted Deutch

WHAT: Press Availability Following Tour of Home

WHERE: Home of Dr. Steve Roberts and Jennifer Roberts
10013 Cobblestone Creek Drive, Boynton Beach, FL

WHEN: Tuesday, October 13, 10:30 to11:30 am