Dusty cinderblocks and six men, even dustier, stand under the Guerra family’s home tinkering with wooden pilings and breathing in the musk of soil that hasn’t moved in a while. Any minute now they ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal's beleaguered $750 million home elevation program is facing new troubles, with most of the firms in the home-raising game saying they're unable to meet new bonding requirements ...

After privately funding his own elevation, Meyerland homeowner Drew Shefman (left) said his home was lifted to nearly 5 feet… one day before Harvey hit. City Officials say 80 percent of Houston was ...

The agency is evaluating whether the projects, which raise the foundations of private homes to reduce flooding, are a good use of resources.

The home is now above the base flood elevation, a calculation done by Sarasota County. “That should bring them up to a safer ...

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Houston's mayor and several City Council members questioned the efficiency and cost effectiveness of a federal home elevation program Wednesday as they approved more than $1.6 million in federal funds ...

Louisiana officials announced today that they will let applicants for a federal home-elevation grant program collect as much as $100,000 for raising their houses above base flood levels, rather than ...

NEW ORLEANS — Dusty cinderblocks and six men, even dustier, stand under the Guerra family’s home tinkering with wooden pilings and breathing in the musk of soil that hasn’t moved in a while. Any ...