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National Flood Insurance Program: FEMA Can Improve Community Oversight and Data Sharing

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 5, 2020
Release Date May 5, 2020
Report No. GAO-20-396
Summary:

The National Flood Insurance Program can be most effective when participating communities take steps to reduce the risk of flood damage. To do so, communities must adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) floodplain management requirements. For example, participating communities must ensure that property owners rebuild substantially damaged structures to meet current elevation standards.

FEMA visits communities to ensure that they’re following the requirements, but didn’t visit some high-risk communities for over 10 years. We recommended ways to improve oversight, such as assessing additional approaches to ensuring compliance.

Building on piers is one way to meet FEMA elevation standards

House on piers surrounded by water

House on piers surrounded by water

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