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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

We've been treated very unfairly by an ignorant mean insurance agent. So we are losing our house.

Ms Melody's house.
aug 30, 2025, 12:58 am β€’ 10 3

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bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social

πŸ˜‘πŸ€¬πŸ’” so angry & sorry to hear this!

aug 31, 2025, 12:36 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Animus Mundus @animusmundus17.bsky.social

..how come u are not allowed to live in your house without insurance πŸ€”..

aug 30, 2025, 4:32 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

If uninsured, lenders call in loans, all cash. I don't have $108k, USD. It's considered breech of contract and we would have to be out in 45 days. I have an engineer who is a registered county Building Inspector coming this afternoon. πŸ™ His statement will help. Cancellation Effective Tuesday.

aug 30, 2025, 5:11 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Animus Mundus @animusmundus17.bsky.social

Fight and don't give up..πŸ˜‰ I have had a similar Situation this Week.. and I know how you feel..u need a very good Lawyer

aug 30, 2025, 5:22 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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ChrisannaD @chrisannad.bsky.social

How awful! can you ask for a different assessor?

aug 30, 2025, 11:28 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

Our insurance was cancelled unfairly, and there is no legal path to appeal an unfair decision. It automatically marks us as irresponsible and any new policy will cost more than the mortgage. This is how the Not Sees are taking lots of people's homes.

aug 30, 2025, 12:01 pm β€’ 4 0 β€’ view
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ChrisannaD @chrisannad.bsky.social

Gross

aug 30, 2025, 12:04 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

This pain I share with many people now 😭

aug 30, 2025, 12:16 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social

Omg. Is there anything we can do? A fundraiser?

aug 30, 2025, 1:02 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

I will be getting some money to replace the roof, but the insurance will then be more than the mortgage. (By the way, there's nothing wrong with the roof which was new in 2012)

aug 30, 2025, 11:21 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social

That’s crazy. If you don’t take the roof money will the insurance still go sky high?

aug 30, 2025, 11:27 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

Yes. We are permanently marked as irresponsible in the underwriting system.

aug 30, 2025, 12:02 pm β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social

I didn’t even know this was a thing. How shitty of them.

aug 30, 2025, 12:31 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

Pure Not See move. Anti DEI. They hate it when the nicest house in the neighborhood is owned by Hispanic people, one with an obvious, physical disability.

aug 30, 2025, 7:14 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social

Of course. The racism and bigotry. There’s no way to fight it? There should be a state regulator.

aug 30, 2025, 8:21 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

The state government is overwhelming Republican. They've done this to other people.

aug 30, 2025, 8:23 pm β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social

Do they do it so people lose their homes?

aug 30, 2025, 8:29 pm β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

Yes. They do it to the nicest homes owned by people they think are DEI homeowners.

aug 30, 2025, 11:02 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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NAFO'S Grammy @grammynafopart2.bsky.social

πŸ«ΆπŸ’”

aug 30, 2025, 11:20 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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pateich.bsky.social @pateich.bsky.social

Hello @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net . Long time no talk. Can you provide a 'cliffs notes' synopsis of what happened to the roof (which looks fine in the photo) and why the insurance company is being unfair?

aug 30, 2025, 3:16 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

The roof is fine. Nothing is wrong with it and it was over built on marine grade plywood, so during the hurricane trees just bounced off of it, while the other roofs in the neighborhood caved in. First, our homeowners' insurance cancelled us without any notice for "debris in the yard"... 🧡

aug 30, 2025, 4:01 pm β€’ 7 3 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

During a time when the county dump was closed due to being overwhelmed by debris. That was after 4 truckloads of debris had already been removed by my contractor, and the remaining debris was in 3 neat piles, ready to go when the dump reopened, our yard was neater than any neighbors.🧡

aug 30, 2025, 4:04 pm β€’ 5 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

Because we were cancelled, the new insurance policy was 4 times more expensive, when we signed up with a new insurance company. That company cancelled the policy without notice, saying our roof was last replaced in the year 2000. It was replaced in 2012, but we don't have a receipt because 🧡

aug 30, 2025, 4:07 pm β€’ 5 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

We bought the house in 2016, when the new roof was a big selling point. Because we have now been cancelled twice no one else will cover us at any price, even if we replace the roof, which doesn't need to be replaced.... 🧡

aug 30, 2025, 4:10 pm β€’ 5 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

We have a construction engineer who is a registered Building Inspector checking the roof this afternoon. Maybe his report and letter will help us, but I understand that as a client with two cancellations, we are now marked as irresponsible and may remain uninsurable. 🧡

aug 30, 2025, 4:14 pm β€’ 7 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

It might be possible to quit claim the house to a friend, who becomes the new owner for the purpose of attaining insurance, with a rent-to-own contract with us, so we can stay and continue paying the bills, otherwise we have to be out in 45 days from Tuesday.

aug 30, 2025, 4:18 pm β€’ 8 0 β€’ view
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bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social

Sounds like a really smart idea.

aug 31, 2025, 12:40 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

The ideal person would be able to qualify for a $108k home loan. Real estate debt is usually good for a credit rating, and $108k is pretty cheap for adding real estate to a portfolio.

aug 31, 2025, 10:51 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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bluenote1866.bsky.social @bluenote1866.bsky.social

Sounds like a great a way to survive this, if you can only find a trustworthy person & lock it down with a lease to own contract. I really hope you find someone to do this.

aug 31, 2025, 10:55 am β€’ 3 2 β€’ view
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UH @uh8.bsky.social

πŸ’›πŸ«ΆπŸ»πŸ’™

aug 30, 2025, 4:28 pm β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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UH @uh8.bsky.social

πŸ’”

aug 30, 2025, 4:28 pm β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Teri @daisydo333.bsky.social

Oh no! Is there anything that can be done?

aug 30, 2025, 1:59 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

I can't visualize any solution.

aug 30, 2025, 4:11 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Cinders @suzannedspain.bsky.social

I'm so sorry!!!

aug 30, 2025, 1:03 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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UH @uh8.bsky.social

Oh no!I’m so sorry!!! 😞

aug 30, 2025, 4:27 pm β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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Babusya Bonkious @quackersncheese.bsky.social

What about the FAIR insurance homeowners through your state? Have they refused you?

aug 31, 2025, 3:03 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

That's how we got the fabulously expensive replacement insurance... That immediately cancelled us, too, saying the roof is from 2000 when it's really from 2012. I gave them $2,700+ to bind and they only gave us $953 back when they cancelled us. We purchased that insurance through FAIR.

aug 31, 2025, 3:26 am β€’ 2 1 β€’ view
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NDNchick4Decency @fedtfupofthemall.bsky.social

πŸ“Œ ugh I’m so sorry !! It’s all gotten so out of hand and criminal imo

sep 1, 2025, 4:36 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

The only people keeping their homes are cashing in their 401Ks and paying off their mortgages, so they don't have to have insurance, then they have to pay the penalties for taking so much out of their 401Ks. I don't have a 401K. Bankruptcy all around, for people who never did anything wrong.

sep 1, 2025, 1:39 pm β€’ 2 1 β€’ view
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Babusya Bonkious @quackersncheese.bsky.social

It's corrupt and insane. I'm so sorry this is going on! It's everywhere, but that isn't any comfort. A new one here: insurers are telling home owners they must have licensed certified roofers replace their roofs or they will be dropped. There is no such licensing for roofers in Wisconsin.

sep 1, 2025, 4:56 pm β€’ 1 1 β€’ view
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Babusya Bonkious @quackersncheese.bsky.social

Good lord. That's doubly terrible. I'm so sorry. I'm hearing from many people in the Midwest no matter the ethnicity that insurers are cancelling their home insurance if their roof is older than 10 to 12 years. It's ludicrous. Then you lose your mortgage like is happening to you. I don't get it.

aug 31, 2025, 3:47 am β€’ 6 5 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

The insurance companies probably want out of responsibility for natural disasters due to climate change. They read the statistics and know the math. This is not going to go to a class action lawsuit unless the lenders get involved, but they won't because they have a self insurance plan.

aug 31, 2025, 6:17 pm β€’ 2 1 β€’ view
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Babusya Bonkious @quackersncheese.bsky.social

The insurance companies can reserve for what their models show. It's a choice. Instead they appear to be looking only to insure properties at extremely low risk of any covered events. That's not what insurance is supposed to be. You spread the risk across large pools and reserve.

sep 1, 2025, 12:35 am β€’ 2 1 β€’ view
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Elle Sun @ellesun.bsky.social

Oh, no! How awful!

aug 30, 2025, 1:11 am β€’ 3 1 β€’ view
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Melody Lee Lacy @melodyleelacy.smokefleet.net

It is awful. It makes me feel helpless 😭 We did everything right and worked very hard. Now this. A total loss because one person lied.

aug 30, 2025, 11:44 pm β€’ 3 1 β€’ view