Miami Beach Considers Homeowner Grants to Prepare Property for Sea Rise
Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise – at least a little.
The city is considering offering residents matching grants of up to $20,000 for projects like installing flood panels, swapping out a driveway for permeable pavement or planting absorbent landscaping – all simple ways to cut down on flooding.
Other cities and states offer help for residents trying to adapt to climate change in the form of loans or federal cash, but Miami Beach’s proposal would stand alone in offering city money to homeowners as a grant.
Miami Beach wants to help homeowners adapt to sea level rise
Alex Harris, The Miami Herald
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MIAMI – Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise at least a little.
The city is considering offering residents matching grants of up to $20,000 for projects like installing flood panels, swapping out a driveway for permeable pavement or planting absorbent landscaping all simple ways to cut down on flooding.
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Other cities and states offer help for residents trying to adapt to climate change in the form of loans or federal cash, but Miami Beach’s proposal would stand alone in offering city money to homeowners as a grant.
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A man smokes a cigarette and video chats with a friend on his porch, the only dry spot on his street after a king tide-related flood. The corner of 82nd Street and Crespi Boulevard in Miami Beach flooded completely on October 19, 2020, during a high tide.
Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise at least a little.
Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise at least a little.
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