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“Governments have not only the authority, but also the obligation to take people’s safety into account.”
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Following the devastating flooding in Texas, Andrew Rumbach, a climate and communities expert at the Urban Institute, points to land-use and zoning laws that enable Texans to live in high-risk areas, often in vulnerable structures, like RVs and manufactured homes. Rumbach told the Austin American-Statesman, “Having appropriate land use regulations that not only balance the need for all the great things that we can do with land, but also the risks there, is essential.”
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