How Does HUD's New Floodplain Management Rule Impact ...

Step 5 now requires all new construction and substantial rehabilitation projects located in an FFRMS Floodplain to elevate or floodproof ...

Three Things to Know About New HUD FFRMS Rule - ASFPM

The new rule establishes a preference for (but does not yet require) use of a Climate Informed Science Approach (CISA) to determine the floodplain of concern ...

HUD Announces Final Rule that will Protect Communities from ...

This rule strengthens standards by increasing elevations and flood proofing requirements of properties in areas at risk of flooding, where ...

How Does HUD's New FFRMS Rule Impact FHA-Insured Projects?

On April 23, 2024, HUD adopted a final rule to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management. Standard (FFRMS). For new construction of one- to ...

Floodplain Management - Environmental Review - HUD Exchange

HUD's Final Rule to implement FFRMS was published on April 23, 2024. The Final Rule defines a new floodplain of concern, the FFRMS floodplain, which extends ...

Federal Flood Risk Management Standard - HUD

This Rule amends HUD's existing floodplain regulations to require a greater level of flood protection for new construction and substantial rehabilitation ...

How Does HUD's FFRMS Final Rule Affect Your CDBG-DR and ...

On April 23, 2024, HUD published the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Final Rule, which amends HUD's existing regulations to ...

HUD Publishes Final FFRMS Rule, Expanding Floodplain and ...

HUD published a final rule in the Federal Register on April 22 expanding what the agency considers a floodplain by establishing a new ...

'A Win for Flood Resilience': HUD Rolls Out New Flood Standard

In its final rule for Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) published in the Federal Register on April 23, HUD is requiring any new or rebuilt HUD- ...

HUD's Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Final Rule to Help ...

Under the new rule's updated standards, as applied to HUD's mortgage insurance and low-rent public housing programs located within the 1-percent ...

HUD's Federal Flood Risk Management Standard applicable soon

What's the impact? · 24 CFR part 55 is revised to expand the floodplain of concern for all HUD programs. · The rule does not change current ...

HUD Releases New Federal Flood Risk Management Standard

The rule requires more stringent elevation and flood proofing requirements of properties where federal funds are used to develop or provide ...

New HUD 2-Foot Freeboard Requirement - Mile High Flood District

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) passed a rule that will require the lowest floor of certain residential properties to be ...

HUD's Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Update | EBI

The FFRMS floodplain is based on future flood risk and expands the 100-year floodplain both vertically based on projections of increased flood ...

HUD tightens flood-protection rules for new and rebuilt homes

Despite real estate industry concerns that the rule will spike construction costs, HUD says it will save U.S. communities millions of dollars by ...

HUD Publishes Updated Flood Risk Rule - LeadingAge

“This final rule provides for a more forward-looking approach to floodplain management, which bases decisions not just on past flooding but on ...

Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum ...

On March 24, 2023, HUD published the “Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; ...

HUD Issues Rule with New Flood Risk Standards - Buchalter

The new rule updates the HUD regulations on Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands and Minimum Property Standards.

HUD sets new flood standard for homes it finances - E&E News

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is publishing a rule Tuesday morning to protect new and rebuilt homes funded by HUD from flood ...

HUD announces final rule to protect against flood risk - HousingWire

“People of modest means are more likely to live in a flood-prone place and have a longer time recovering when disaster strikes,” she said. “This ...