The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has published a proposed rule on its website that highlights a proposal to allow a private flood insurance option instead of insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
The proposed changes would allow lenders to begin accepting private flood insurance policies for single-family insured loans.
Read on for reaction from the National Association of Realtors, which has been touting private flood insurance since 2016.
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