A view of the living room in the house of Ed Haggett that was damaged by 2023 flood in Montpelier, Vt., July 3, 2024. Haggett is waiting to hear whether the city or the Federal Emergency Management Agency will buy his home. A year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Vermont, some homeowners are still in the throes of recovery. (AP Photo/ Dmitry Belyakov)