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Feds Want Noncompliant Homeowners to Return $522M in Elevation Grants

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says New Orleans must return hundreds of millions of dollars paid in home elevation grants after Hurricane Katrina. NOLA.com The Times-Picayune reports that the department wants names of nearly 18,000 homeowners who …

New Jersey Homeowners to Get New Sandy Elevation Grants

Dozens more New Jersey homeowners will be receiving grants to raise their homes above flood level in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie traveled to Keansburg on Monday to announce that 132 more federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program …