Thats why i pointed at building codes. Require building that will survive the threat. Then people will have to pay more for them which discourages people from building in those areas at least.
No it doesn’t. Those people need to be essentially bailed out if/when their house is destroyed. Most of them had no idea what they were getting into when they bought it. And we bail out companies, so why not people. But that buy out should be to buy the land for a reasonable price, or if they want to rebuild, they will have to sink extra money of thier own into meeting the requirements of new buildings for that area. In some areas they may want to incentivize rebuilding to the new standard, in some they wouldn’t.
Insurance as it is now, only pays to rebuild such that it can burn down again. So even raising the price on that doesn’t solve the problem. It will just end up with the cost of insurance being wrapped into the mortgage eventually.
Thats why i pointed at building codes. Require building that will survive the threat. Then people will have to pay more for them which discourages people from building in those areas at least.
Maybe. That doesn’t really help all of the existing buildings though.
No it doesn’t. Those people need to be essentially bailed out if/when their house is destroyed. Most of them had no idea what they were getting into when they bought it. And we bail out companies, so why not people. But that buy out should be to buy the land for a reasonable price, or if they want to rebuild, they will have to sink extra money of thier own into meeting the requirements of new buildings for that area. In some areas they may want to incentivize rebuilding to the new standard, in some they wouldn’t. Insurance as it is now, only pays to rebuild such that it can burn down again. So even raising the price on that doesn’t solve the problem. It will just end up with the cost of insurance being wrapped into the mortgage eventually.