by Bill Eller | Oct 3, 2023 | Service Line Myths, Service Line Responsibilities, Large Cities, Home Maintenance, Press Releases, Public-Private Partnerships, HomeServe in the News, NLC SLWP, ServLine, Green Initiatives, Infrastructure, Lead in Water, Partner Testimonials, Testimonials, Intergenerational Communities, Education
Twenty years ago this month, HomeServe launched its first U.S. utility partnership to educate homeowners and offer optional protection against potentially costly emergency repairs to residential lines and systems. Today nearly 5 million homeowners are benefitting from...
by bstickle | Sep 27, 2023 | Education, Service Line Responsibilities, State, Public-Private Partnerships, NLC SLWP, HomeServe Cares, Large Cities, Nevada, Press Releases, Testimonials, Customer Testimonials
Las Vegas, Nev. – September 27, 2023 – Homeownership is part of the American dream, but an unexpected, expensive home repair can quickly turn it into a nightmare. Since 2016, the City of Las Vegas has worked with Service Line Warranties of America (SLWA) to offer...
by bstickle | May 3, 2022 | Customer Testimonials, State, Large Cities, Texas, Testimonials
Frances W. of Houston, Texas, is an older adult on a fixed income, so when she learned about HomeServe’s emergency repair plans, she thought it was a good idea. To protect herself from an emergency repair, she enrolled in plans to protect her exterior water and...
by Bill Eller | Apr 8, 2022 | Education, Service Line Responsibilities, Public-Private Partnerships, Financial Shock, Large Cities
Bad debt and mounting maintenance costs: Just call them the Scylla and Charybdis of public water utilities. Much of the investment into the water systems across the nation are nearly half a century in the past and the maintenance bill has come due. The American...
by Bill Eller | Nov 9, 2021 | Partner Testimonials, Large Cities, Maryland, Testimonials, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, State, Public-Private Partnerships, Financial Shock, Videos, Partner Videos
In October, the City of Baltimore announced a pilot program to install backflow preventers in qualifying homeowners’ sewer laterals as part of an effort to reduce sewage backflow into residents’ homes. Some of the older homes in certain sections of the city are prone...
by Bill Eller | Aug 12, 2021 | EPA, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, Public-Private Partnerships, Green Initiatives, Infrastructure, Lead in Water, Large Cities
As a bipartisan infrastructure bill comes closer to realization, many municipal leaders may wonder what provisions related to water infrastructure and lead service line replacement means for their communities. The Senate passed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure...