Rate this Official: Delayed flood rates not answer Councilman
Ladouceur says homeowners will be forced to abandon houses  With
some Rhode Island residents saying they won’t be able to
continue living in their homes, members of Congress who touted
the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act when they voted
for it last year, are now co-sponsoring legislation that would
delay increased insurance rates for four years.  But while the
legislation – the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act –
could bring some temporary relief, if enacted, it doesn’t
promise to eliminate premiums that could go as high as $25,000
for $250,000 of coverage.  The situation has Ward 5 Councilman
Edgar Ladouceur seeing red.  “Right now they’re reacting to the
public outcry,” Ladouceur said of lawmakers. “All this talk
should have happened before they passed the law.”  “Unless they
repeal it, it’s not going to change anything,” he said. “If they
can’t get this thing rectified, people are going to walk away
from [their] property.  He