How to Reform Flood Insurance to Keep More Americans Afloat

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Date

July 5, 2017

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Media Highlight

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The Hill

"This summer, Congress is working to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Currently, there are two bills proposed in the Senate and a suite of linked bills proposed in the House. All of these reform efforts would make changes to a lesser known component of the program: increased cost of compliance (ICC) coverage."

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