Updated on July 20, 2021 at 11:30 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Six years ago this July NBC Connecticut Investigates broke the story about hundreds of crumbling basements in northeastern and north-central Connecticut. Since then, a significant chunk of the homes have been repaired, and dramatic progress has been made by the legislature. That said, the hundreds of millions pledged by the state still will not be enough to repair all of them. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. So far, 324 families have been put back in their homes. Debbie MacCoy’s son’s condo finally got lifted up so it gets the new basement it needs, after the one with defective concrete began cracking.