This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public.

In the aftermath of three consecutive summers of damaging floods, state officials have awarded nearly $50 million in federal flood recovery grants . The lion’s share of the funding is going toward housing construction on higher ground.

“The majority of these funds are focused on housing projects that will create new units which are out of harm’s way for future storms and help replace units we’ve lost in recent years due to the severe weather events we’ve faced,” said Nate Formalarie, deputy commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, at a Wednesday press conference.

Vermont has in recent years lost hundreds of homes to flood dama

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