Urban Flood Risk: 800k Homes in Danger

0:00On April 29, 8 in 10 homes at high risk of flooding in England sit right in urban areas, packing 80% of the danger into towns and cities. A new study from the National Housing Federation pins down 839,000 urban homes facing surface water floods, a threefold. Jumpsons 2018 Social housing tenants bear the brunt, stuck with the biggest financial hits when water rises. Top travel spots include constituencies like Thurock, Baselden, Boodle, Sefton, Southport, and London spots such as Hackney and Barking, Extreme rain, old drainage pipes, and city sprawl are cranking up the threat. With the environment agency calling high risk anything with a 1-in, 30 yearly chance of flooding. Social renters get slammed hardest since their homes cluster in these zones, averaging 1-in-4 households in the worst areas. Experts say climate shifts outpace fixes, leaving low income folks exposed, underinsured, and scared to report issues over tenancy fears. Floods bring sewage lace water, wrecking lives multiple times over.

1:03Take Anne Hoyles, a 64-year-old in Warrington's social housing. Her bungalow got trashed on New Year's Day last year, forcing a boat rescue amid. Health woes and lost savings. Her housing group, Taurus, dropped 500,000 pounds on cleanup, yanking 52 homes offline for 4-year, plus hotel stays, and insurance hikes eating into new builds. This screens for a nationwide push on urban drainage before risks triple over the next 50 years. Housing providers are grinding, but tenants need. Real shields now to dodge the next deluge.