EDITORIAL: Congress should fix flood insurance program
It will be days before they can return home, and months, if not years, for recovery to take hold and for daily life to resemble what it was before Hurricane Harvey dumped as much as 50 inches of rain on that region.
According to the
Those who had coverage were fortunate. Despite the bureaucratic hurdles required in filing claims through the NFIP, those homeowners were able to recoup some of their losses and speed their way to repair and recovery.
But they were a minority. Many of those affected lived outside Special Flood Hazard Areas, where homeowners are required by law to purchase coverage through the NFIP.
Those individuals found the road to recovery even more treacherous. Some, in places such as the Windsor Woods neighborhood in
Communities such as
Estimates suggest about 52 percent of homes flooded in
The bad news is that the program was already an estimated
The calamity in
Lawmakers, when they return to work on
There was hope that reform of the NFIP would be in the cards, since members on both sides of the aisle recognize the program is unsustainable and needs substantial reform.
Disparate voices from Sen.
Sadly, in light of
Winning the necessary votes in a
But lawmakers simply cannot risk allowing the program to expire, an action that would leave thousands of flood victims in the lurch. Priority One upon their return to
This can and should be an area of bipartisan focus in the coming months in order to address a needed program that no longer properly serves homeowners from
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