Building Bans and Buybacks Floated for Flood Zones

Building Bans and Buybacks Floated for Flood Zones
Flooding is shown by helicopter around Maitland, Australia, on July 8, 2022. David Swift-Pool/Getty Images
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Housing developments in flood-prone areas should be banned and properties in very high-risk areas must be eligible for buyback schemes.

That’s according to a federal parliamentary inquiry into the responses from insurers to major flood claims, which also called for changes to processing procedures including cash settlements.