After lengthy debate, Houston City Council approved new regulations April 4 that will impact homes built within floodplains. The new rules that passed 9-7 will require all new construction in floodplains to be built up 2 feet above the water level of a 500-year storm, a requirement critics such as Ed Wolff, chair of the Houston Association of Realtors governmental affairs advisory group, say will be costly for homeowners. Before Mayor Sylvester Turner asked the city council to take a vote, he…from DIYS https://ift.tt/2q4Didh
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