The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club headquarters building should remain high and dry during future flooding, thanks to a $340,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to an announcement from City Hall. By the 2022 spring rainy season, the century-old, two-story townhouse at 732 Broad St. near Orleans Avenue will be raised one foot above the base flood elevation of the area.
The city has not announced how much that means the structure might be elevated, but based on the addressâ flood elevation found on FEMAâs Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map, the building might be lifted 2.8 feet.
Zulu President Elroy James said that during his tenure, which began in June 2018, he has found himself cleaning up after street flooding made its way into the building twice. The building, which the club has occupied since 1978, houses the bar and lounge area where appliances and stock are vulnerable to rising rainwater. The residual dampness and mold jeopardized the o
Louis Meadors on December 21st, 2020 5:13 pm
I appreciate FEMA. I lost everything(except my life) during the hurricane. FEMA provided. I will be asking for more housing assistance because the amount provided was not enough. Thank God for the U S A and Merry Christmas to All. Faith on December 21st, 2020 8:24 am
Ms. Nora Lopes that’s part of the process. To do a sba loan. If they don’t pay fema should. Put in a appeal letter. Don’t stop there. And who ever you taljed to should have told you that. Don’t stop keep calling you need help. Especially if it’s personal property. It’s bad when people like you and others need help and the government fails you. I understand those that don’t need it always seen to be the ones that gets everything. But keep calling. And keep appealing.
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Originally published on December 18, 2020 1:05 pm
William Jennings and his wife have lived in their Virginia Beach, Va., home for the last 37 years. And their plan was to stay in it through retirement. I really like my house, Jennings says, standing in the front yard. A two-story home. A swimming pool in the backyard.
But Jennings neighborhood has flooded more often in recent years. His house did once, too. His mortgage requires flood insurance, which now costs him $2,336 a year and is set to increase 18% in July.
The 72-year-old Army veteran worries that soon his home may no longer be affordable. His wife supports selling it and moving to avoid the additional flood insurance expense.
Top Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy Priorities for the 117th Congress
The R Street Institute’s Finance, Insurance and Trade (FIT) policy department is committed to an efficient and effective market-based approach to public policy questions involving the transfer of risk, including risk-based insurance regulation and ending environmentally destructive taxpayer subsidies; market-based approaches to banking and housing; support for the rules-based international trading system; and expanding the freedom of Americans to trade around the globe.
With the outbreak of a global pandemic and the resulting recession, 2020 has been a tough year for Americans. As lawmakers enter the 117th Congress, addressing these concerns will be a top priority. At the same time, there are a number of other important priorities that lawmakers will face. The FIT Department would like to highlight a few issues that lawmakers will face in the next Congress.