57,000 new homes

This is the result of greed among these developers. I am so happy that many prominent landowners in Texas are now donating their properties to the State and reverting prime habitat to the people for all to enjoy.

Not surprised, but I also partially blame the city/county to allow them to build. And yes of course it is all about money.

AGLLM :
Exactly and if you are going to sell in these areas it should made so the buyer is fully aware before purchasing. Put it in the closing documents as a signed acknowledgement.

That's a good message to send to all buyers. I asked my realtor to check the flood plain map to see if my home was on it. It was important for me to know if I would need to purchase flood insurance. Buyers can then make an informed decision as to whether to purchase the property.

Fiona : This is one of the first things we considered when buying our most recent home. Should be for anyone buying in this area, we had our realtor just cross off any previously flooded properties and those in flood zones.

But just because a property is not in the flood zone now, doesn't mean it might not always be safe from flooding.

I did not read the article so was it referring to the 100yr or the 500yr flood plain?
We do some in the 500yr flood plain but we fill to get the lots 1 foot above the flood elev. minimum and we tend to provide more detention than the county requires. We also mitigate in the flood plain. For every cubic yard of fill we put in the flood plain we cut that plus in the flood plain so we do not have any negative effect on the existing flood plain. We also do the process to update the fema maps. Some developers will only do the min. that the Engineer suggest. We take a more conservative approach to our designs. I can say I only had a few home get water into the garage during Harvey. We reviewed every thing and the home builder disregarded our plans that leaded to the water getting into the garage. The section next to mine done by a different firm had almost 200 homes flood with up to 5 feet of water and they fallowed the county requirement at the time also.