BOSTON — A contingent of Central Massachusetts homeowners have been living what they described as a “nightmare” for the last seven years, when the first among them discovered their foundations had been poured with tainted concrete and now are crumbling to dust, their homes in danger of collapse.
The group, Massachusetts Residents Against Crumbling Foundations, gathered Wednesday on the State House steps in Boston to ask Gov. Maura Healey to create a special commission tasked with finding ways to support them financially as they embarked on the expense of fixing the problem. That fix involves lifting their homes, digging out the foundation and pouring a new one.
“The Healey-Driscoll administration recognizes the importance of providing support to homeowners whose concrete foundations are crumbling. We will continue to work together with our partners in the Legislature to evaluate potential solutions that would provide relief to homeowners,” said Karissa Hand, a spokesperson for the governor, in a response Wednesday after the rally…