Editorial Board
Congress Should Stop Shoring Up Beach Homes
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As taxpayer subsidies for the national flood-insurance program began winding down this year, coastal property owners began to complain about bigger insurance bills. With rates rising to reflect the true risk of living in flood-prone areas, some people’s annual premiums rose to several thousand dollars, from a few hundred.
Just as inevitably, then, Congress sprang to the rescue.