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| Subject: Rights violation: California family claims they're unable to rebuild home after fire because of FEMA regulation Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:03 pm | |
| A California family whose home burned down claims they cannot rebuild because of a recent FEMA flood regulation requiring them to elevate the house by 20 feet -- an expensive fix not covered by their insurance.
Brad and Jennifer Taylor lost their Sacramento home in a fire last August. When the couple hired a contractor to rebuild it, they say they were told that FEMA recently changed the flood zone designation -- meaning the family would have to raise the new home at least 20 feet above the ground.
The damage caused by the fire was covered by insurance, but not the cost of elevating the home -- which the Taylors say is estimated at $200,000.
"The city won't let me fix my house because of FEMA regulations," Jennifer Taylor said in an interview Friday. "This is so wrong."
"We bought this home in 1998 because FEMA had certified the levees as 100-year flood protection," Taylor told FoxNews.com. "Homes are just not being fixed here. ... There's at least a handful of us in this situation."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/25/california-family-claims-theyre-unable-to-rebuild-home-ruined-by-fire-because/ |
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