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Topic 10: Get Help Through the Newport News Flood Assistance Program
The City of Newport News acquires Property
Increased
structures located in the floodplain owners,
Build awareness and requests for and
based on their risk of flooding. businesses,
participation in the participation in
Learn more about the City’s Flood repetitive loss
Flood Assistance the Flood
Assistance Program by visiting: area property
Program. Assistance
https://www.nnva.gov/faq.aspx?qid owners, socially
Program
=348 vulnerable areas
Did you know the City of Newport
News has a voluntary Flood
Assistance Program to help
homeowners in flood-prone, high- Educate residents Property
Increased
risk areas? By purchasing these about voluntary owners,
requests for and
properties, the City eliminates any acquisition and businesses,
participation in
future damages to these encourage repetitive loss
the Flood
structures, reduces hazards for its participation in the area property
Assistance
residents, and enables the Flood Assistance owners, socially
Program
expansion of open space. Learn Program. vulnerable areas
more:
https://www.nnva.gov/faq.aspx?qid
=348
Since its inception in 1999, the
Flood Assistance Program has
Property
acquired 80 properties from Increased
owners,
volunteers whose homes were at Educate residents awareness and
businesses,
high risk of flooding. These about the history of participation in
repetitive loss
properties have been added to the the City’s voluntary the Flood
area property
City’s open space network. Learn acquisition program. Assistance
owners, socially
more: Program
vulnerable areas
https://www.nnva.gov/faq.aspx?qid
=348
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