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October 10, 2019

Wealthy counties get many FEMA buyouts of flood-prone homes

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural areas may be more likely to flood frequently, a new study finds.

The reason is probably that better-off local governments have the resources to apply for and administer the programs — and that could keep many of the people who most need buyouts from getting them, according to the study Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.


 
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