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Maxine Waters: “We have to address these repetitive loss properties. They are 2 percent of the properties, but they account for 24…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
We have to address these repetitive loss properties. They are 2 percent of the properties, but they account for 24 percent of the costs.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters highlights the financial burden of repetitive loss properties in flood insurance.

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