Credit: US Army 1st Lt. Zachary West

Our Flood Insurance Needs Repairs. Can We Fix It?

John Godfrey
Nov 4 · 4 min read

After Hurricane Harvey, Houston property owners joined the millions of Americans with uninsured losses. The National Flood Insurance Program isn’t giving the rest of us a reason to “buy in” anytime soon.

Flood. Repair. Repeat. This mantra — echoed by many homeowners in flood-risk areas — is most apparent in the records of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In Spring…

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