Canberra residents affected by the Mr Fluffy asbestos crisis have welcomed a Federal Government deal to resolve the situation.

The ACT Government has agreed to accept a concessional loan of $1 billion from the Commonwealth to help pay for the demolition of more than 1,000 properties affected by potentially deadly loose-fill asbestos.

Meanwhile a report by the Asbestos Response Taskforce on the Long Term Management of Loose Fill Asbestos Insulation in Canberra Homes found there to be "no effective, practical and affordable method to render houses containing loose-fill asbestos insulation safe to occupy in the long term".

The taskforce listed three possible options for Mr Fluffy homes but warned demolition was the only "enduring solution to the health risks posed by the presence of loose-fill asbestos ... and their attendant social, financial and practical consequences".

An estimated 1,021 homeowners across Canberra have been waiting for news of a possible compensation package after a warning was issued in February that their homes could still contain potentially deadly asbestos fibres.

Under the deal, the Territory Government would pay back up to 70 per cent of the loan by selling off some of the cleared blocks of land.

Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said the proposed buy back and demolition scheme would start next year following discussions with homeowners and take approximately five years to complete.

"The Commonwealth will provide a loan facility which allows us to enter in to individual agreements with the home owners, to buy back and clear the blocks," she said.

"We expect there will be a big hit next year in our budget as we acquire 1,000 homes and have to adjust that on our balance sheet."

The ACT Government said it would have liked the original Memorandum of Understanding signed 20 years ago with the Commonwealth on the Mr Fluffy homes to have been adhered to.

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SPENCER, Iowa | Demolition crews on Tuesday started tearing down Spencer's former police station and the former Clay County Jail to make way for a bank parking lot.

The work should take about two weeks to complete, weather permitting, said contractor Paul Sieh.

Siehs company is handling the work for Farmers Bank, which adjoins the former city property in the 400 block of First Avenue West. Bank president Dave Woodcock said the space will be used for additional parking.

It took Farmers Bank, in the 100 block of West Fourth Street, more than 20 years to decide to buy the city property, Woodcock said.

Then-city manager Dan Payne first approached the bank about buying the building in the early 1990s, Woodcock said. At that time, city offices were moved to the old Professional Building on Second Avenue West.

The police department moved into the former City Hall space, however, and the property wasn't available again until April, when the police station moved to the former Spencer Municipal Utilities building on Grand Avenue.

The county jail moved to3115 W. Fourth St. in August 2013.

The bank bought both properties for $115,500. Demolition, including asbestos removal and fill, is expected to bring the total price tag to about $250,000, Woodcock said.

"While the two properties are probably the only space the bank will see on the market in that block, we have no immediate plans for expansion," Woodcock said. "The corner will be nothing more than a parking lot for the foreseeable future.

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If you're feeling nostalgic about Libertyville's old Brainerd Building and want to say goodbye before it comes down, you'd better act fast.

Demolition of the 97-year-old former high school and the adjoining Jackson Gym building is set to begin next week, possibly as soon as Monday, Nov. 3, Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 spokeswoman Mary Todoric said.

Last week, crews with an Elk Grove Village company called Asbestos Inspection and Management began removing potentially dangerous asbestos from the buildings, which are on Route 176 just east of the current Libertyville High School. That work should be completed Wednesday, Todoric said.

A Michigan firm called Dore and Associates will handle demolition. It will be paid $484,800 for the job.

The asbestos removal was expected to cost an estimated $45,000.

Because of health and safety issues, no one is allowed inside the building for photographs. But people can take pictures of the buildings' exteriors.

Once the structures are razed, the space will be filled in with dirt for the winter, Todoric said. In spring 2015, some of the land will be converted to green space for athletic uses. Another part will be paved over for parking.

A memorial marking the site as the former home of the Brainerd Building will be added, too.

Details will be finalized during the winter, Todoric said.

"Ultimately, the legacy of the Brainerd property is that it will, as it had for decades, continue to serve the needs of Libertyville High School students," Superintendent Prentiss Lea said. "Although the physical buildings will be gone, students will be learning, growing and achieving at ever higher levels on the footprint of the original building."

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