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Planners and advocacy groups urge flood-disclosure law as inland and coastal flood risk rises
Summary
Regional planners and environmental groups urged the Joint Committee on Financial Services to advance H.1345/S.753, a bill that would require sellers and landlords to disclose a property's flood history or recurring flood-insurance obligations to buyers and renters.
Regional planners and environmental advocates testified in favor of H.1345/S.753, legislation to require notification to prospective buyers and renters when a property has a history of flooding or requires flood insurance.
MAPC's Ben Du said Massachusetts is one of only 14 states without any flood-disclosure requirement and the only New England state lacking such a law. "Flood disclosure is not a new or even novel idea," he said, arguing disclosure would inform buyers and renters about risks that FEMA maps and current rules do not fully capture.
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