A group of local governments in Oregon are seeking a preliminary injunction against new national flood insurance restrictions, alleging they'll subvert the state's farmland protections. The Federal ...

A FEMA flood map—which outlines the areas within flood zones—can affect whether a homeowner needs flood insurance, what permits are required after a storm and how expensive it may be to rebuild, ...

The state already has set limits on the ability of local governments to put new restrictions on building in floodplains. Rebuilding in a floodplain after a “historic flood event” would become easier ...

The extension effectively gives builders, homeowners and local governments an additional year to lock in projects under the less stringent rules. DEP’s announcement means the deadline for complete ...

BOSTON (AP) - The state attorney general and a top lawmaker have filed legislation that could soften the impact of new federal flood insurance rules on some Massachusetts homeowners. The proposal made ...

SEA GIRT, NJ - At the recent Sea Girt council meeting, one of the key topics running up and down the Jersey coastline is the talk and direction coming out of the New Jersey Department of Environmental ...

New flood insurance rules that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is writing for the National Flood Insurance Program have garnered praise and alarm from Louisiana interests monitoring the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASHEVILLE - If a series of floodplain ordinance amendments are not adopted by the city of Asheville, the city's status in the ...

On October 1, the federal prudential regulators and the Farm Credit Administration issued a joint reminder of a 2022 guidance (Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Flood Insurance) that lenders ...

WARNING: This column could cost you somewhere between $150 and $700 -or save you much more. For decades, I have operated under the mistaken notion that I don't need flood insurance because I don't ...

Low-income homeowners worry they may now face new costs before seeing the kind of public investment they have demanded for years.