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2024-11-20 15:36:38 UTC - HELPFUL
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That is not "how it works." This post employs falsehoods to advance the "land grab" conspiracy theory. FEMA doesn't directly buy homes. Under the voluntary Hazard Mitigation Grant Program that FEMA funds, local governments pay the pre-disaster fair market value of properties https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230502/fact-sheet-acquisition-property-after-flood-event
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