While state legislators in Alabama and Louisiana have promoted the practices, known as Fortified, Texas has fallen behind.
Houston Habitat for Humanity Volunteers work on a home being built to be more storm resilient by Houston Habitat for Humanity on Tuesday April 4, 2023 in Houston.Texas legislators have fallen behind those in some other storm-prone states, including Alabama and Louisiana, in setting up policies that would incentivize building features that could save homes during a storm.
“Nail it down, seal it up and lock it in,” summarized Fred Malik, managing director of the Fortified program. He estimated it costs between $1,500 and $3,000 more to install a Fortified roof than a normal one. An But in Beachtown, homes remained standing. The subdivision had begun construction the year Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall, and the storms convinced developers that homes had to be built stronger than required by code. They landed on using IBHS’s Fortified standards.
“It just got to the point where insurance was almost unaffordable along the Gulf Coast,” said Brian Powell, director of the Alabama Department of Insurance. “So we had to find a way to reduce the risk.”1 in 12 Houston-area property owners drop FEMA flood insurance after pricing change “Faster than Taylor Swift sells tickets to her concerts” joked Louisiana’s commissioner of insurance, Jim Donelon.
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