After the Flood: How Local Governments Are Reimagining Buyout Programs

The first snapshot in a series looking at how local and regional governments are designing voluntary floodplain buyout programs to be community-led, socially-integrated, and ecologically-driven. From New Jersey’s Blue Acres to King County’s Flood Control District, this snapshot surfaces the open questions every program still has to answer: who gets left behind, what happens to the land, and how to know if a buyout is reaching the people who need it most.