The Build for Future Disasters Act of 2021, reintroduced by Representatives Andy Barr and Scott Peters, would mean NFIP rates reflect up-to-date flood information for properties built from 2025.
These new constructions would not qualify for a subsidy, while structures built before 2025 in flood zones or re-mapped into flood zones would still be eligible for grandfathering subsidies.
The bill also requires the U.S. Government Accountability Office to study the feasibility and implications of lowering all subsidies, with the aim of reducing the taxpayer burden and stopping the growth of government risk.
“A guiding principle of the Federal government’s natural disaster policy should be to protect the American taxpayer by managing the nation’s escalating natural disaster risks, reducing those risks over the long-term, and promoting environmental stewardship,” said Frank Nutter, President of the RAA.
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The lack of accountability, poor communication and insufficient planning plaguing the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic especially in its early months have roots in how the nation responded to 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the H1N1 swine flu, a new study involving the University of Washington found.
Focusing on the way government agencies assemble and allocate resources - the procurement system - researchers said the successes and shortcomings of responses to other large-scale crises show that a more centralized approach can achieve goals faster and more effectively. In the moment of disasters, we prioritize saving lives, but if we also want to achieve other goals, like equity, we need to establish processes and relationships in advance, said Ben Brunjes, an assistant professor of public policy at the UW and co-author of the study, published April 14 in the