Will new Florida public building sea-level rise law point the way for private developers?
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Passed on June 30 and effective on July 1, 2021, the Florida Legislature ...
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Broward County adopts regulations that require property owners to fix seawalls and disclose whether property is in ‘tidal-flooding area’
Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting, and Jeff Marcus, Miller Legg, Inc. Broward County has passed an ordinance that sets ...
A 45-year-old federal privacy law makes it difficult for homebuyers to get a property’s flooding history
The Privacy Act of 1974, while laudable in its aim to provide citizens with rights to control the federal government’s ...
To manage the threats from the warming climate, we need to follow Warren Buffett’s ‘Noah rule’
Warren Buffett is known for his sage advice. One of his lesser known quotes is his Noah rule: “predicting rain ...
Technology and precise data can help lenders and investors avoid mispricing assets threatened by extreme weather and a warming climate
The “Moneyball” of Climate Change The movie “Moneyball” (and the book by Michael Lewis) are based on the story about ...
A conundrum for affluent property owners: does it make sense to build a higher home in a neighborhood that faces chronic flooding?
A month ago, I was approached by a homeowner in a well-known, but not to be disclosed, neighborhood in South ...
Your retirement savings are invested in green funds, but are they resilient? New technology may help answer that question.
Let’s say that, like millions of other investors around the world, you decide that you want to put some or ...
The Florida PACE program could be a vital new source of money for people who want to make their properties more resilient to flooding
In an Invading Sea articlein June, I wrote that new building codes and large public infrastructure projects will not do ...
Combatting Sea-Level Rise Requires ‘Top Down’ and ‘Bottom Up’ Approaches
On July 1, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded $1.6 million to help Florida communities prepare for sea-level rise. ...
Potential buyers need to be given more information about a property’s flood risks
Under Florida case law, a seller of a home must disclose to the buyer all known facts that materially affect ...
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