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Research shows that lower-quality public housing in the US is located in areas with high flood risk

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Study by scientists from Ohio State University and Texas A&M University combined HUD 's physical inspection scores of public housing units with flood maps and risk indices from the Federal Emergency Management Agency .

Lower-quality public housing structures (with lower inspection scores) are more likely to be located in a FEMA flood zone and in areas with higher flood risk as defined by FEMA 's National Risk Index .

The authors argue that future mitigation efforts should prioritize public housing located in areas at risk.

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