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An Inspector General report says more than half a billion dollars in Hurricane Katrina relief money may have been misspent. Most Katrina victims who were awarded $30,000 apiece to elevate their houses never documented that the work was done.
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An engineer investigating flood insurance claims sheds light on the mechanisms of damage.
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Carelessness helped create Florida’s Chinese drywall disaster. Cleaning it up is a job for a very careful builder.
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From small-time scams to major misappropriation of relief money, government is on the lookout for crooked use of rebuilding funds.
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In the Barnegat Bay, side-scanning sonar and “picker” boats are the tools for a tedious cleanup.
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After a statewide tour, homebuilding market analyst Lesley Deutch reports: “Florida is on fire.”
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An deck at an Alabama beach house failed suddenly in early March under the weight of students partying on spring break, sending several to the hospital.
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On Plum Island’s unstable shoreline, panicked homeowners have taken matters into their own hands, building armored rock-wall defenses along their beach. But the legal ground they stand on is as shifting and unreliable as the crumbling dunes.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has adopted FEMA’s tough new advisory flood maps for the New Jersey rebuilding. But he also says the maps may be eased when the final version comes out. Is he right?
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Some homeowners may be forced out. Others may be able to rebuild, better. But one thing’s for sure: Things are going to change in Union Beach, New Jersey.