re: FEMA: Despite historic flooding, insurance rates & flood maps to remain the same

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Nobody can move on rebuilding till they hear the answer to this.

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Is that just inside the city? I got my permit and they told me go ahead and get started. They will inspect later.

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Do we need to raise in Denham?

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This is what they are doing in EBR Parish. Maybe Livingston Parish will follow...

More than 32K homes can stay on the ground after Metro Council exempts many from elevation requirement

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more than half the households that flooded — some 32,000 households — are in areas variously described as X zones, low-and moderate-risk zones and non-special hazard zones. The practical difference is that those people are not required by their mortgage companies to buy flood insurance, as the people in high-risk zones are.

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Wednesday, the Metro Council voted to exempt existing buildings in low- and moderate-risk flood zones from elevation requirements.

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Do we need to raise in Denham? That's all i want to know and nobody is answering this. Nobody can move on rebuilding till they hear the answer to this.

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Did you have substantial damage (i.e. 50% or more of value).

If you did, under regular rules, you need to build to Base Flood Elevation at the time of your rebuilding - if you are not already there.

That requirement can be waived by the local government with FEMA permission.

The other question people had was, were they going to raise the BFE. The OP indicates they will not.