Mass. considers voluntary home buyback program in flood-prone areas

Mass. considers voluntary home buyback program in flood-prone areas

The floodwaters came fast and kept rising, there was little that Andrea Van Lierok of Hull,Massachusetts, could do. She recalled the storm that completely flooded entire neighborhoods in January of 2024. “We had the waves coming over, we had a nor’easter, and then it flooded the banks on the other side,” she said. “We were all kind of stuck.” Now, with sea levels continuing to rise, Hull is joining other coastal communities across Massachusetts …