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    Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes

    These homeowners are eligible for federal help, but a new report finds that FEMA often fails to provide that assistance.
    by Rebecca Hersher Sep 15, 2020 3 minutes
    A new report finds FEMA is not effectively allocating money for homes that repeatedly flood. More than 100 homes in Cameron Parish, La., have flooded multiple times according to FEMA data.

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency fails to help tens of thousands of people whose homes have repeatedly flooded, according to a report by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security.

    A 2004 requires FEMA to keep a list of homes that have repeatedly flooded, and prioritize those homes for federal assistance. But the new report finds that FEMA's list is rife with errors and that nothing has been done to reduce the flood risk for most of the nearly 38,000

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