What’s in Florida’s ‘Always Ready’ law and how to prepare for funding
The American Flood Coalition explains Florida’s new flood resilience legislation and what it means for communities.
Strategies for keeping property values afloat
Three strategies for protecting property values from flooding: resilient roads, CRS, and municipal planning and design.
How could rising floodwaters impact your home’s value?
Understanding the link between property value and flooding and what it means for homeowners and state and local officials.
Turning the tide toward equity: simplifying federal flood assistance applications
How application complexity hinders access to federal flood assistance for small municipalities and low-income people.
Turning the tide toward fairness: improving federal flood programs to serve financially-distressed communities
Renters, unbanked populations, and non-English speakers fall through the cracks of federal flood insurance programs.
Turning the tide toward equity: making federal flood programs work for low-income people
Federal flood program eligibility requirements leave out low-income communities.
Spring flooding and COVID-19 collide in the Midwest
As spring flooding threatens cities across the Midwest, local government leaders on the frontlines of COVID-19 prepare for a “dual disaster” response.
$400M+ expected to go to cities and towns for resilience projects this fall
FEMA’s new Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program opens up money for resilience projects.
6 Necessary Components of Flood Adaptation Planning for Local Governments
As the costliest and most common natural disaster in the United States, flooding is a risk factor that local governments cannot ignore.
Local resilience on the rise: lessons from CROs in Florida
Adding CROs to municipal governments is a monumental step towards resilience. Here’s how Surfside, FL and other municipalities have done it.
