The National Association of Realtors® said today that it will continue to press Congress for speedy action to renew authority for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program that expired March 28.
Congress is on its spring recess and will return April 12.
Flood insurance is required by...
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Action On Flood Insurance Renewal
New Flood Plain Maps For Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began a six-month process to develop revised flood maps for Washington, D.C., designed to help local officials and residents identify known flood risks, and assist in making insurance and development decisions.
FEMA continues to update its flood hazard maps nationwide...
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National Flood Insurance
Madison, Wisconsin — The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) had its roots in the 1800s as the country recognized the federal government must play a leading role in controlling and responding to floods.
Two previous chronological articles traced the evolution of a National Flood Insurance Program from its origins in a Supreme Court ruling of...
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