National Flood Insurance Program
Community and Stakeholder Input
FEMA is always striving to improve our programs and as part of that effort, we have gathered feedback from National Flood Insurance Program stakeholders to gain input on the challenges related to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and possible solutions to those challenges.
The NFIP is a Federal program that was created by Congress in 1968. The program was designed to ensure that communities across the country have access to affordable flood insurance as well as encourage community floodplain management to reduce future flood damage.
Flooding is the nation's most common natural disaster, and can happen in every region, state, and territory across the U.S. While some floods develop over extended periods of precipitation, flash floods can occur quickly and with no warning. It only takes a few inches of water to potentially cause extensive damage to a home or structure.
FEMA sought input from the public through a National Listening Session held November 5 and 6, 2009 and subsequent a comment period that closed January 31st, 2010. FEMA invited nearly 175 stakeholders representing environmental and historic preservation groups, fair housing groups, and representatives from the lending, insurance, emergency management, real estate, land use, planning, and engineering industries, as well as representatives from State, Local and Tribal governments.
Content Analysis of Breakout Session Comments: (PDF 256KB, TXT 11KB)
FEMA is in the process of analyzing the information from the Listening Session and comment period and determining the best course of action with respect to possible NFIP reforms.
For more information on the National Flood Insurance Program please visit www.floodsmart.gov.
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