On April 23, 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep (no consensus). See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Downsize DC Foundation for a record of the discussion. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:12, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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• An initiative to end federal flood insurance, September 13th, 2005

Is there any record of such an initiative, so very soon before Hurricane Katrina? -Wetman 03:16, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That was edited by me.

Yes, DownsizeDC does have an initiative to repeal the Federal Flood Insurance.

No, it wasn't soon "before" Hurricane Katrina. The Federal Flood insurance was passed in the '70s, and has since then increased the likelihood of death by flooding. DownsizeDC put this on their website after Katrina, not before.

Before the Federal Flood insurance, contractors would rarely build on flood-prone land, because they knew that buyers would be unlikely to want it. However, since the passing of Federal Flood insurance, contractors no longer have that fear because people can get flood insurance directly from Uncle Sam. The government doesn't have nearly the same accountability that corporations have. So, people started buying these otherwise-unsafe houses.

Federal Flood Insurance should be repealed.