Consumer Federation of America Insurance Director J. Robert Hunter said federal guidelines issued for the rebuilding of New Orleans this week could lead to the construction of unsafe homes.
Donald Powell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding, said that homes and businesses in high damage areas would need one-to-three feet of elevation to meet federal standards and reduce flood risk.
But Mr. Hunter, a federal insurance administrator during the 1970s when the National Flood Insurance Program was first in place, said the wisest course would be to wait until the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new flood plain maps are published before issuing any such guidelines.
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