How to prevent that from happening?

If you would inherit the property you could pay off the $10K owed to prevent the foreclosure.

It closed much tighter after that but still wasn't air tight. jalousie windows by definition will never be air tight unfortunately but they should be tight enough to prevent insects from entering. depending on the condition of yours maybe swap them out for regular windows if the energy efficiency is what you're looking for. mine was in a condo so i had to keep with the same window style. 

Can the city prevent new homes if it's zoned and permitted for 30 lots?  

Hi I was wondering what would be the best way to prevent a house from flooding other than not buying a house in the flood zone. 

After looking more into it I found It’s called the Due-On-Sale clause in the contract that prevents people from doing it.

You’ll need a way to prevent visitors from using the system anyway. 

I just don't want to challenge the appraisal, then have it locked which would prevent me from being able to order a second one, and end up wasting time getting no result. 

I would like to get a check valve installed in the sewer line to prevent this from happening again.

Seems like we're being overly proactive in preventing fair housing violations.