The U.S. government is buying up and destroying American homes. Homeowners in the floodplain are choosing to voluntarily sell their doomed properties to the government. Since 1989, FEMA has helped fun around 45 to 50,000 home buyouts. FEMA is estimated to have spent somewhere around $4 billion on the project so far but that’s just a fraction of the total amount spend on buyouts, since there are programs outside of FEMA. But not everyone is convinced buyouts are a good idea. Watch the video to find out how floodplain buyouts work and if they are helping or hurting American homeowners.

美國(guó)政府正在購(gòu)買并銷毀美國(guó)的房屋。處于洪水泛濫區(qū)的房主們選擇自愿將他們即將面臨危險(xiǎn)的房產(chǎn)出售給政府。自1989年以來(lái),F(xiàn)EMA(聯(lián)邦緊急事務(wù)管理局)已經(jīng)幫助處理了大約45,000到50,000套房屋的回購(gòu)。FEMA估計(jì)已經(jīng)在這個(gè)項(xiàng)目上花費(fèi)了約40億美元,該項(xiàng)目已投入 10 億美元,但這只是收購(gòu)總支出的一小部分,因?yàn)檫€有其他項(xiàng)目在FEMA之外。但并不是所有人都認(rèn)為回購(gòu)是一個(gè)好主意。觀看視頻了解洪水泛濫區(qū)的房屋回購(gòu)是如何運(yùn)作的,以及它們是否在幫助或傷害美國(guó)房主。