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To be eligible for federal funding, local governments must commit to using eminent domain to remove houses with a likelihood of flooding and risk of danger to the occupants.
All Americans have seen the images of communities devastated by flooding. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is the federal agency in charge of preventing that flooding. For years, the Army Corp has been seeking to remove homes that are prone to flooding. Now, with the threat of climate change, the Army Corp is taking a more aggressive posture. Rather than purely voluntary programs, the Corp is demanding that localities commit to using eminent domain to cause the removal of homes.