Re:Landlords demand rent on flooded Houston homes
by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:13AM
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> Shoulda bought that flood insurance for the mortgage.
Flood insurance is hard because flood plain data is notoriously inaccurate. We would need to require everyone to buy flood insurance.
"Water Damage From Hurricane Harvey Extended Far Beyond Flood Zones"
"About 40 percent of the buildings estimated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have been flooded in Harris County, Tex., are in areas considered to be “of minimal flood hazard.”
Flood insurance is hard because flood plain data is notoriously inaccurate. We would need to require everyone to buy flood insurance.
"Water Damage From Hurricane Harvey Extended Far Beyond Flood Zones"
"About 40 percent of the buildings estimated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have been flooded in Harris County, Tex., are in areas considered to be “of minimal flood hazard.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/01/us/houston-da...