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Why do we keep building on land at risk of flooding?

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Why do we keep building on land at risk of flooding?
Josh Toussaint-Strauss investigates why the housing system allows new homes to be built on flood-risk land4:27Why do we keep building on land at risk of flooding?

A recent study by Aviva found that one in nine new homes in England are being built on land at risk of flooding – often entirely within planning rules. Josh Toussaint-Strauss investigates how the system allows developers to profit while homeowners bear the cost

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Originally reported by The Guardian