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Here's why FEMA has spent about $4 billion to help destroy flood-prone homes


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  • To encourage homeowners not to sell to new buyers and stop what Siders calls "that terrible game of hot potato," FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program supports local and state governments in purchasing the homes, demolishing them and turning the property into public land, in what are called floodplain buyouts. ...
  • For FEMA's floodplain buyouts, executed under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 75% of the buyout funding is provided by the federal government, and the remaining 25% comes from state, local and community funds ...
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    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • To encourage homeowners not to sell to new buyers and stop what Siders calls "that terrible game of hot potato," FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program supports local and state governments in purchasing the homes, demolishing them and turning the property into public land, in what are called floodplain buyouts. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (floodplain,fema)
        • (floodplain,potato)
        • (buyouts,siders)
        • (buyouts,governments)
        • (buyouts,potato)
        • (floodplain,governments)
        • (floodplain,stop)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,potato)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,fema)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,game)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,stop)
        • (floodplain,siders)
        • (buyouts,game)
        • (buyouts,stop)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,homeowners)
        • (buyouts,homeowners)
        • (floodplain,homeowners)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,siders)
        • (floodplain,game)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,governments)
        • Inferred entity relationships (25)
        • (buyouts,fema,hazard_mitigation_grant_program) [inferred]
        • (floodplain,governments) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,hazard_mitigation_grant_program) [inferred]
        • (floodplain,siders) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,potato) [inferred]
        • (floodplain,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (floodplain,stop) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,game) [inferred]
        • (fema,floodplain) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,potato) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,game) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,governments) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,government) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,siders) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,stop) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,siders) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,governments) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,funding) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,funding) [inferred]
        • (floodplain,potato) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,government) [inferred]
        • (floodplain,game) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,stop) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • To encourage homeowners not to sell to new buyers and stop what Siders calls "that terrible game of hot potato," FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program supports local and state governments in purchasing the homes, demolishing them and turning the property into public land, in what are called floodplain buyouts ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,buyouts,homeowners)
        • (fema,buyouts,stop)
        • (fema,buyouts,siders)
        • (fema,buyouts,game)
        • (fema,stop)
        • (fema,potato)
        • (fema,siders)
        • (fema,buyouts,governments)
        • (fema,buyouts,potato)
        • (fema,homeowners)
        • Inferred entity relationships (14)
        • (fema,siders) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,hazard_mitigation_grant_program) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (fema,stop) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,game) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,potato) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,fema,siders) [inferred]
        • (fema,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (fema,potato) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,funding) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,stop) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • . For FEMA's floodplain buyouts, executed under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 75% of the buyout funding is provided by the federal government, and the remaining 25% comes from state, local and community funds ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (floodplain,hazard_mitigation_grant_program)
        • (floodplain,fema)
        • (buyouts,hazard_mitigation_grant_program)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,hazard_mitigation_grant_program)
        • (fema,buyouts,hazard_mitigation_grant_program)
        • Inferred entity relationships (18)
        • (buyouts,fema,homeowners) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,floodplain,potato) [inferred]
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • For FEMA's floodplain buyouts, executed under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 75% of the buyout funding is provided by the federal government, and the remaining 25% comes from state, local and community funds. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (floodplain,federal)
        • (fema,buyouts,government)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,government)
        • (fema,government)
        • (buyouts,government)
        • (floodplain,government)
        • (buyouts,federal)
        • (floodplain,buyouts,federal)
        • (fema,buyouts,federal)
        • Inferred entity relationships (23)
        • (buyouts,fema,hazard_mitigation_grant_program) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,hazard_mitigation_grant_program) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,federal,fema) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,potato) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,floodplain,funding) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,fema,stop) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • For FEMA's floodplain buyouts, executed under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 75% of the buyout funding is provided by the federal government, and the remaining 25% comes from state, local and community funds ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (floodplain,buyouts,funding)
        • (buyouts,funding)
        • (fema,buyouts,funding)
        • (floodplain,funding)
        • Inferred entity relationships (18)
        • (floodplain,funding) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,floodplain,stop) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,potato) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,floodplain,homeowners) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,floodplain,governments) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,game) [inferred]
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        • (buyouts,floodplain,government) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,stop) [inferred]
        • (buyouts,fema,governments) [inferred]
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Siders, director of the University of Delaware's Climate Change Science and Policy Hub, who analyzed FEMA's data in 2019.. . These homes have been marred by floods to the point where the homeowners decide to move away. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,homeowners)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Homeowners trying to move and start over after such a disaster might find a surprising buyer for their home: the government.. . The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has spent around $4 billion assisting in the purchase of about 45,000 to 50,000 damaged homes since 1989, according to A.R ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,government)
        • (fema,start)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Siders, director of the University of Delaware's Climate Change Science and Policy Hub, who analyzed FEMA's data in 2019. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,university)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Floodplain buyouts help a homeowner move out of harm's way and potentially help the community by creating open space and/or an area that can collect flood waters to protect the other homes in the region.. . For FEMA's floodplain buyouts, executed under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, 75% of the buyout funding is provided by the federal government, and the remaining 25% comes from state, local and community funds ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,space)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Siders, director of the University of Delaware's Climate Change Science and Policy Hub, who analyzed FEMA's data in 2019.. . These homes have been marred by floods to the point where the homeowners decide to move away ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,policy_hub)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Floodplain buyouts help a homeowner move out of harm's way and potentially help the community by creating open space and/or an area that can collect flood waters to protect the other homes in the region. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (fema,homeowner)