Desjardins Group announced as of Feb. 1 it would no longer offer new mortgages for properties in “0-20 year” flood zones — where there is a five per cent chance of flooding in any given year — because of what it called the rising effect of climate change.

There are some exceptions: buyers can get financing for up to 65 per cent a home’s selling price if the previous owner had a Desjardins mortgage and the property has protective measures to prevent flooding. But the company’s decision has left mayors of low-lying towns worried that homeowners will be left with properties that no one will buy or that are massively devalued.

  • huf [he/him]
    hexbear
    1
    3 months ago

    it was an incredibly bright idea to parcel out all that floodzone for towns... well done people. very well done.

    there is absolutely no reason why people historically liked to build on high ground in flood zones. none at all. they were just ignorant.