In the small Atlantic coastal town where I am temporarily living, all recently-built houses sit on stilts - they have an open area underneath, often used as a garage, or for storage, but all the finished living space starts eight feet off the ground. Many people are also lifting their older houses this way; the owners of the house next door just moved back in after completing their upgrade.

Some of this adaptation is FEMA-subsidized: anyone whose house has been flooded twice in ten years can apply for a $50k grant toward the lift. Federal flood insurance may be doing much of the giving, but around here at least it's happening in a way that improves long term resilience.