Coalition Letter to Congressional Leadership Regarding NFIP Lapse
Issue Date: December 19, 2018
On December 19, 2018, NAR as part of a broad industry coalition sent a letter to House and Senate Leadership. The letter, sent ahead of the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIPs) December 21, 2018 scheduled expiration, urges Congress to take immediate action to avoid a lapse in the NFIP. Flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster in the United States. Allowing the program to lapse will leave millions of Americans at risk, cause disruption in the over 20,000 communities that depend on the NFIP and may slow down disaster recovery efforts by making it harder for disaster assistance recipients to satisfy flood insurance requirements.