Haywood County mobile home park shows gap in federal flood buyout policy
A ProPublica and The Assembly report says riverfront lots at a Haywood County, North Carolina, mobile home park were reoccupied after repeated floods.
Key facts
- Hurricane Helene struck in September 2024 and caused more than 250 deaths, 108 of them in North Carolina.
- Hurricane Frances destroyed homes at the same Haywood County park in 2004, but the county's later flood buyout effort did not include the park.
- At the park, five campers now occupy riverfront lots where mobile homes once stood.
- North Carolina Emergency Management said mobile home park buyouts follow the same process as commercial or residential buyouts, so park owners and local governments must seek them.
- In Texas, model ordinances from the Association of State Floodplain Managers, written after the 2025 floods, call for campgrounds in floodplains to renew permits every year.
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Source: In North Carolina, a federal flood policy gap sent mobile home residents back to washed-away lots — The Cool Down, October 1, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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