Building Standards and Hurricane Helene

 Some say that the actions of NC legislature made housing more affordable but also made homes more vulnerable to damage. It is said that legislators in the last 15 years rejected limits on “construction on steep slopes; blocked a rule requiring homes to be elevated above the height of an expected flood; weakened protections for wetlands, increasing the risk of dangerous storm water runoff; and slowed the adoption of updated building codes, making it harder for the state to qualify for federal climate-resilience grants.” 

NYTimes | How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene