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Readers respond: Crisis threatens flood insurance program
Readers respond: Crisis threatens flood insurance program
Readers respond: Crisis threatens flood insurance program

Published on: 05/25/2026

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Congress must act immediately to prevent a looming crisis that threatenshomeowners and communities across Oregon. The National Flood Insurance Program is essential to maintaining mortgage access, disaster recovery and housing stability in FEMA-designated flood hazard zones. Yet a 2016 federal biological opinion — an analysis of whether a proposed federal action might jeopardize endangered species — has forced cities into an impossible choice: protect property rights or preserve access to federally backed flood insurance.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/05/readers-respond-crisis-threatens-flood-insurance-program.html

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