Communities that have been repeatedly flooded over the past decade will benefit a new ring-fenced £100m fund.
The £100m Frequently Flooded Allowance will help communities where 10 or more properties have flooded twice or more in the last 10 years.
The Environment Agency said it expects the fund will help deliver around 80 schemes over the next four years. It will focus more on smaller areas where community-wide defences are not always viable.
Environment secretary George Eustice said: 'Our new Frequently Flooded Allowance will boost schemes in areas which are hit repeatedly and reduce the risk of flooding in the future.
'This new allowance will provide extra support for these areas and forms part of our major £5.2bn effort to build around 2,000 flood schemes by 2027 and level-up defences across the country.'
Communities will be selected through the Environment Agency’s annual refresh of the £5.2bn capital programme.
