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Government actions can help residents get a break on National Flood Insurance premiums

Source: theadvocate.com - Sep 8, 2016

Only eight percent of Louisiana cities and 25 percent of its participate in a federal program that allows authorities a chance to give residents a break on flood insurance premiums,

Those percentages still put Louisiana in the top 10 of states involved in the program in 2015, according to the first of a series of reports outlining recommendations for how the region moves forward. The release of the report by the Center for Planning Excellence, a non-profit group based in Baton Rouge which led the "Louisiana Speaks" planning effort after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, comes as many in south Louisiana continue to struggle with recovery efforts following devastating August floods.

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