After privately funding his own elevation, Meyerland homeowner Drew Shefman (left) said his home was lifted to nearly 5 feet… one day before Harvey hit. City Officials say 80 percent of Houston was ...

A major home-lifting contractor ran a private sting operation in Meraux a few weeks ago, allegedly caught seven of its competitors on video violating federal grant rules and got them suspended from ...

Louisiana officials announced today that they will let applicants for a federal home-elevation grant program collect as much as $100,000 for raising their houses above base flood levels, rather than ...

The embattled owner of a home elevation company that had halted or failed to start work on about 20 jobs it had pending on flooded houses in Houston, saying his company was in financial distress, has ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates a proposed plan to elevate or floodproof nearly 3,300 homes, businesses and other buildings in the Amite River Basin would take 10 years to complete and ...

Houston's mayor and several City Council members questioned the efficiency and cost effectiveness of a federal home elevation program Wednesday as they approved more than $1.6 million in federal funds ...

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged a swath of Louisiana's shoreline. Since then, residents determined to rebuild near the coast have a new mantra: high and dry. In the 10 years since Hurricane ...

A program that aims to elevate thousands of homes in southwest Louisiana to heights that would keep them above 100-year flood levels through at least 2075 could begin next May with the first 27 houses ...

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elevation Home Energy Solutions and SmartRent announced today a new partnership to integrate Elevation's home energy savings technology into SmartRent's broad slate ...