{"id":248884,"date":"2024-04-16T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/fema-is-making-an-example-of-this-florida-boomtown-locals-call-it-revenge-politics\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:28:28","slug":"fema-is-making-an-example-of-this-florida-boomtown-locals-call-it-revenge-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/fema-is-making-an-example-of-this-florida-boomtown-locals-call-it-revenge-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it \u2018revenge politics.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">When U.S. homeowners buy subsidized flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they make a commitment to build back better after flood disasters, even if it costs them. FEMA\u2019s notorious 50 percent rule stipulates that if a home in a flood zone suffers damages worth more than half its value, it must be torn down and rebuilt so it\u2019s elevated above flood level. This can cost homeowners hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it prevents the American public from footing the bill for the repeated destruction of vulnerable homes \u2014 at least in theory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Enforcement of the 50 percent rule largely falls to local officials in flood-damaged regions, who are charged with ensuring that their constituents aren\u2019t rebuilding in flood zones. In exchange for this diligence, the federal government subsidizes low-cost flood insurance for homes in&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/housing\/lee-county-florida-fema-hurricane-ian-flood-insurance\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When U.S. homeowners buy subsidized flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they make a commitment to build back better after flood disasters, even if it costs them. 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