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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

People in the News

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Richardson continues to offer help to tornado victims

Representatives from FEMA, along with state, county and Richardson emergency management teams, toured tornado-damaged areas recently. (Image: City of Richardson)

The Richardson city building officials have implemented programs designed to help Oct. 20 tornado victims.

“In some situations, its been very emotional and devastating for some homeowners. We are helping as much as we can to help get residents back to their homes, and back to normal,” said Stephen Papania, building inspector.

Special services being provided to impacted properties include:

  • express construction permitting,
  • waiving of building permit fees,
  • waiving of fees for water reconnection; and
  • extended inspection hours.

To date, the City of Richardson has issued 290 building permits related to the tornado, including 173 for residential roof repair and 49 for residential fence repair.  Richardson Building Inspectors are expecting additional permit applications.

Visit www.cor.net/stormrecovery for more information.