Resources
Local funding options for flood resilience
This guide helps local leaders identify and implement local revenue strategies that can be combined and sustained over time.
Prioritizing people in mobile home park buyouts
Headwaters Economics researched mobile home park buyout projects nationwide to identify common challenges and policy reforms that better protect residents facing extreme flood risk.
Latinos face higher flood risks than other groups
Headwaters Economics and the Hispanic Access Foundation found that 44% of Latinos live in counties with high flood risk, compared to 35% of non-Latinos.
The unequal impacts of flooding
An analysis of flood and socioeconomic data illustrating where flood risks disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.
A new map helps identify communities where investments in staffing and expertise are needed to support infrastructure and climate resilience projects.
Mobile home residents face higher flood risk
Mobile homes are the most common unsubsidized, affordable housing in the U.S. but face disproportionately higher flood risk than other housing types.
Local revenue to fund long-term infrastructure costs
Communities need resilient revenue strategies to fund the long-term costs of capital improvements and infrastructure.
Capacity-limited states still struggle to access FEMA BRIC grants
Places with lower capacity are failing to get funding through FEMA’s flagship grant program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC).
Yellowstone Flood reveals Montana’s mobile home flood risk
Montana’s mobile home residents face disproportionate flood risk, and traditional solutions leave them behind.
Green Infrastructure: Cost-effective solutions to flooding
Green infrastructure can provide long-term, cost-effective solutions to flooding and help communities adapt to climate change.
Improving benefit-cost analyses for rural areas
Benefit-cost analysis, required for many federal funding sources, puts smaller, rural, and low-income communities at a disadvantage.
Decreasing flood risk in rural communities: a pilot program in Three Forks, Montana
Flood risk is underestimated in the U.S., but better maps and data are not enough on their own — they must be paired with resources to support local action.
Building funding strategies for flood mitigation projects
Practical advice for developing funding strategies for flood mitigation projects, including where to find funding and how to make an economic pitch.
Mountain, Midwest, and Gulf States fail to secure FEMA resilience funding
Rural and lower-capacity communities failed to successfully compete for FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) funding in FY 2020.
How communities reduce flood risk: five midwestern case studies
Communities highlighted in this report have successfully reduced flood risk through strategic partnerships, innovative solutions, and creative funding.