[image: image.png] When FEMA buys you out… *FEMA *Iowa communities hit by this spring’s flooding are evaluating whether — and how — FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program could work in their area. The grants may be used to buy homes that are damaged or destroyed by flooding, at pre-flood market prices, and the land is cleared. “FEMA will specify a certain amount of money. That amount of money will be given to the State of Iowa, communities then need to submit a list of addresses for potential buyout in the program to the State of Iowa,” Kevin Robinson, the deputy city manager in Spencer, told Spencer’s City Council this week. “The State of Iowa then analyzes those properties and then will tell each community how much money they’re going to receive for property acquisitions.”FEMA typically pays 75% of the cost of these projects, with state and local governments being responsible for the rest.
“The goal of an acquisition project is to permanently remove at risk structures from the likely path of flooding,” Robinson said. “…These property acquisitions must be strictly voluntary, meaning whoever currently owns the property opts into this program.”The program was used previously in Cherokee, where nearly 190 homes were either demolished or moved — clearing about 67 acres along the Little Sioux River.
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“The goal of an acquisition project is to permanently remove at risk structures from the likely path of flooding,” Robinson said. “…These property acquisitions must be strictly voluntary, meaning whoever currently owns the property opts into this program.”The program was used previously in Cherokee, where nearly 190 homes were either demolished or moved — clearing about 67 acres along the Little Sioux River.
rethink the week;
talkers:
*Stephen Pimpare *is Professor of Public Policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. He is the author of four books, including *A People’s History of Poverty* and, most recently, *Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting Change*
*Anne Nelson** is the author of *Shadow Network: Money, Media, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right
*Laura Jedeed* is a freelance journalist who primarily focuses on the American conservative movement. Her bylines include The New Republic, Rolling Stone, and Politico, and you can find her newsletter at BannedInYourState.com *Aaron Rosenthal* is the research director for North Star Policy Action and the author of *The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality*. topics: Breaking the Public Schools The Politics of Milton Greene takes fire for remarks about weather Kamala Harris Is Making the Same Mistakes She Made in 2019 Trump’s Made-in-China Bibles FEMA Chief: Hurricane Misinformation Is ‘Worst That I Have Ever Seen’ Deanne Criswell, who heads the agency, said the circulating falsehoods were hampering its work. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,FEMA, BUY BACKS, Iowa, Stephen Pimpare, Vermont Law School, Laura Jedeed, Anne Nelson, Bad Faith. Aaron Rosenthal, Minnesota, Harris, men,China, Bibles, Trump, Abortion, Milton, Immigration, misinformation
