{"id":251965,"date":"2024-05-31T15:33:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/three-ways-to-make-home-buyouts-more-efficient\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T19:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T19:15:20","slug":"three-ways-to-make-home-buyouts-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/three-ways-to-make-home-buyouts-more-efficient\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways to make home buyouts more efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>By: Gabrielle Rosario, EDF Intern<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each year, flood risk increases from sea level rise and storms, raising major concerns among millions of homeowners. Flooding can inundate homes, damage property and cause safety and health concerns, as well as isolate residents from essential government services like trash pickup or emergency vehicle access. In fact, by 2030, over <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">20 million Americans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will be at risk of inundation due to sea level rise, and many will be unable to afford to move. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Managed retreat policies, such as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">voluntary home buyouts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, can facilitate the relocation of residents out of increasingly flood-prone communities. But unfortunately, existing federal programs are slow and require local governments to meet complex and challenging guidelines.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Innovative approaches are needed to make buyouts more efficient. Here are three strategies that can help:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. Establish state-level&#8230;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/growingreturns\/2024\/05\/31\/three-ways-to-make-home-buyouts-more-efficient\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at blogs.edf.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Gabrielle Rosario, EDF Intern Each year, flood risk increases from sea level rise and storms, raising major concerns among millions of homeowners. Flooding can inundate homes, damage property and cause safety and health concerns, as well as isolate residents from essential government services like trash pickup or emergency vehicle access. In fact, by 2030, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":251966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three ways to make home buyouts more efficient - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/growingreturns\/2024\/05\/31\/three-ways-to-make-home-buyouts-more-efficient\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three ways to make home buyouts more efficient\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By: Gabrielle Rosario, EDF Intern Each year, flood risk increases from sea level rise and storms, raising major concerns among millions of homeowners. 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