Policymakers could do more to inform homeowners of their flood risks and available insurance options.
Hurricane Harvey caused massive flooding in Texas in 2017.When Harvey hit, insured households were eligible for payouts of up to $350,000, while households without insurance were eligible for FEMA aid capped at only $33,300. In other words, insured households, who tended to be financially advantaged before the storm, could get around 10 times more than the uninsured.for low-interest home repair loans, not all disaster-affected residents were deemed eligible.
. This included cash donations, labor and building materials to help repair homes, child care and food preparation, as well as emotional support that came from family, friends, neighbors and other community groups that people were connected to. For example, one older Friendswood resident, despite not having insurance, was one of the first in her neighborhood to move back into her repaired home because her brother provided building materials, financial assistance and labor.
Other residents relied heavily on networks through church, work or their children’s schools for help rebuilding. But not everyone was connected to a broad network that could provide support.Many of the residents who still had major repairs left two years after Harvey tended to be in the lowest-income brackets and those without robust social networks.
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