One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis shows

Re:One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-e... by umrcumrcu on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:01AM (#36928316)

It's cheap because unlike in CA, NIMBYs can't stop new houses.

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Re:One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-e... by bobthepanda on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:08AM (#36928344)

It is also cheap because property tax acts as a lid on prices. If the price goes up in Texas the tax goes up accordingly, but the same is not true in California due to Prop 13. And Texas has some of the highest rates in the country.

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Re:One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-e... by WirelessGigabit on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:03AM (#36928607)

CA tax increases are capped. So if you buy today and next year the value of your house goes up a LOT your increase is capped.

The other part that sucks is inheritances. Then the price is not re-evaluated. Now you have people sitting on a $2,000,000 house with a value of 200,000.

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Re:One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-e... by CameronNemo on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:55PM (#36933204)

The inheritance trick is really limited now. The parent (or whoever is passing the house on) had to have been living there, and the inheritor has to move in and make it their primary residence.

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Re:One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-e... by KnackeredHues on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:10AM (#36928354)

That broad brush paints regulatory agencies as petty and selfish.

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Re:One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-e... by retrocryptid on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:09PM (#36934166)

Or maybe it's cheap because one out of five houses sold are in a flood plain.

Also, it's not the NIMBYs stopping unchecked development.

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