I don’t wish misfortune on any person but, this is a good thing. Yes, there is a housing crisis, but part of that crisis is where and what we are constructing. If we are utilizing resources (whether it’s capital, labor, or materials) to reconstruct buildings every 3-10 years then those resources cannot be use to construct more sustainable housing.
Part of the problem is the way the flood insurance subsidization program works. Don’t get me wrong. Insurance needs to be affordable, but the program needs to adjusted so that when a claim is made in the highest risk areas, the payout is sufficient to relocate the insuree to less risky property, and the claimed property is transferred to a department or entity responsible for converting the land to a flood mitigation zone. (Likely reverting it back to the wetlands that were drained to build in the first place).
For fire risk the premiums should be sufficient to allow insurance companies to do the mitigation work like vegetation clearing and controlled burns. Or pay into a fund that has state wildlands fire departments like cal fire do the work since they’re also the ones that fight the fires. It can also turn into a employment boom for young able bodied folks.
I don’t wish misfortune on any person but, this is a good thing. Yes, there is a housing crisis, but part of that crisis is where and what we are constructing. If we are utilizing resources (whether it’s capital, labor, or materials) to reconstruct buildings every 3-10 years then those resources cannot be use to construct more sustainable housing.
Part of the problem is the way the flood insurance subsidization program works. Don’t get me wrong. Insurance needs to be affordable, but the program needs to adjusted so that when a claim is made in the highest risk areas, the payout is sufficient to relocate the insuree to less risky property, and the claimed property is transferred to a department or entity responsible for converting the land to a flood mitigation zone. (Likely reverting it back to the wetlands that were drained to build in the first place).
For fire risk the premiums should be sufficient to allow insurance companies to do the mitigation work like vegetation clearing and controlled burns. Or pay into a fund that has state wildlands fire departments like cal fire do the work since they’re also the ones that fight the fires. It can also turn into a employment boom for young able bodied folks.