beanie0911 t1_j269iub wrote on December 29, 2022 at 11:28 PM

Reply to comment by JayB2A in 'This makes my brain hurt': Connecticut used disaster aid to rebuild million-dollar homes by IndicationOver

So let’s take this one step further. Middle class homes in flood-prone areas in Houston. Poor neighborhoods in historic low-lying areas in New Orleans. Should those people get any assistance the next time their homes get destroyed? I’m genuinely asking. Because I struggle with this question myself. Should we give people vouchers to move somewhere else “safer” instead?

JayB2A t1_j26efkv wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:02 AM

Moving them is the best long term solution. It's ridiculous that houses get destroyed and rebuilt every few years. Insurance will eventually refuse to cover costal areas, rates can never go high enough to cover the cost of a hurricane destroying hundreds or thousands of homes every couple years.