Floodplain buyouts allow homeowners to move out of harm's way and help the community create open space that can collect flood waters to protect other homes.
. Homeowners trying to move and start over after such a disaster might find a surprising buyer for their home: the government.
"At times when I would be at work and it'd be raining really hard and I'd be like, am I going to be able to get home? Am I going to be able to get to my house? Am I going to have to park my car up the street?" she said. "It just didn't happen a lot. But when it did happen, it was scary." Floodplain buyouts help a homeowner move out of harm's way and potentially help the community by creating open space and/or an area that can collect flood waters to protect the other homes in the region.
Sanders said some communities may be apprehensive about taking on the responsibility of the deeded land. "There's legal liability associated with owning property generally, and so it ends up, in some cases, being a fairly significant drain on local resources," he said.
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