To your correspondent from St. Paul's, Minnesota, who lives on the east bank of the Mississippi, on an elevation of about 100 feet above the river, I would just say, for his benefit and all others ...

you can use an SBA disaster loan to elevate your home, bringing the home above the base flood elevation. Borrowers can also add 20 percent of their verified loss amount for mitigation, which can ...

Those options may include: Structure elevation: Physically raising an existing structure. Mitigation reconstruction: Constructing an improved, elevated building on the same site where an existing ...