The owner of a Johnson property worth $240,000 was offered about $40,000 by FEMA. “I feel like the mortgage company got their money, the town’s getting our property, and we’re getting sh-t,” Mandy ...

Jun. 7—Flood victims who opted for a buyout of their homes following Tropical Storm Fred in 2021 are still waiting for their check three-and-a-half years later. But the finish line is close. "They are ...

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Jun. 7—So far, 71 flood victims in Haywood County are seeking a buyout of their damaged homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, leaving a patchwork of vacant property across the county in ...

Communities in northwest Iowa are waiting for FEMA to approve buyouts for properties that were damaged by flooding in the ...

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No applications for homeowner buyouts and disaster mitigation funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been approved since Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina a year ...

More than 500 homeowners who lost their homes during Helene are signed up for the 75% federally funded and 25% state funded property buyback program called the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).

(THE CONVERSATION) Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit areas, it wasn’t the first time homeowners found ...