It is weird how this was a known risk and we are given somewhat a sad story about it, but thousands of Houston home owners are going through the same thing when the new FEMA flood maps came out and the city changed its floodplain ordinance. Many home owners in Houston are in a situation where they can’t rebuild on their property for any reason and their property has been rendered worthless if they want to sell it to be redeveloped. They also can’t perform a substantial renovation either.

Just check out the link below. More people are affected by this than the number of beach front homes on Galveston and the Bolivar Peninsular.

http://www.houstonfloodway.org/