Schumer Insists on Keeping Beachfront Bailouts for Wealthy Americans' Vacation Homes
The senate majority leader is stymying long-needed increases in federal flood insurance rates.
Flood Insurance
Private Flood Insurers Chastised for Not Insuring Houses Likely To Be Flooded
It's simple: You should not build your house in places where you can't get private flood insurance.
California Follows the Disastrous Flood Insurance Path to Fire Insurance Fiasco
If market-rate wildfire insurance is too expensive for homeowners, maybe that's telling us something about the risks of living amidst pretty tinder.
Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes More Destructive?
Not yet in the United States, new studies suggest
Senate Votes to Extend Federal Flood Insurance Funding
It's a regressive, debt-ridden program that transfers wealth from regular Americans to the rich.
How the National Flood Insurance Program Wastes Taxpayer Dollars
An expensive tutorial on the perils of government interaction.
Stop Encouraging People to Live in Dangerous Places
Who will have the courage in the face of tragedy to change the government's disastrous policies?
Hurricane Harvey and Climate Change
Extreme weather events attribution science yields murky results
Hurricane Harvey and the National Flood Insurance Fiasco
Don't build in flood plains, and especially don't rebuild in flood plains
Rebuilding After Louisiana Floods Will Require Government Permission Slips
And new federal regulations could add to the cost of rebuilding or force some residents to abandon their homes.
How the Government Subsidizes Unsustainable Development
'The rest of us are assuming all of the risks.'
Senate Passes Bill Delaying Flood Insurance Hikes
Why should costs be connected to risks?
Feds Subsidize Rebuilding on Risky Coastlines
Cost of risk externalized for builders
35,000 NYC Properties Added to Flood Maps
Will affect insurance rates, zoning rules