Climate Housing
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![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
How homeowners of color are threatened by climate change — and climate policy
“We don’t want to create a modern form of redlining, where places that are affordable are places that are exposed to higher risk.”
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This Louisiana neighborhood is retreating in the face of climate change
The best way to build back better might be to build elsewhere.
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![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
Mexico City could sink up to 65 feet
Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting — and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year.
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![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
There’s federal money available to house the homeless. No one’s taking it.
FEMA is reimbursing cities that want to relieve homelessness, but only 23 local governments have signed up.
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![An aerial view from a drone shows a vehicle driving through a flooded street after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds.]()
![An aerial view from a drone shows a vehicle driving through a flooded street after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds.]()
Is your home in a flood-prone zone? In most states, you won’t find out until after you buy.
A dearth of flood disclosure laws is creating false real estate markets across the U.S.
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![Social activists, homeless residents, and supporters rally at the start of a 24-hour vigil to block a planned shutdown of a homeless encampment at Echo Lake Park in Los Angeles]()
![Social activists, homeless residents, and supporters rally at the start of a 24-hour vigil to block a planned shutdown of a homeless encampment at Echo Lake Park in Los Angeles]()
As COVID restrictions lift, green spaces are the front lines in a fight for housing justice
L.A.’s Echo Park was an oasis for the unhoused during the pandemic — until the city forcibly removed them.
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House hunters are fleeing climate change, causing a new kind of gentrification
A new survey shows that Americans are factoring climate change into their moving plans. This could push low-income families into at-risk areas.
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![an illustration of a street in Paris with a row of buildings. In the center, the building is slightly green with cannabis leaves on the outside.]()
![an illustration of a street in Paris with a row of buildings. In the center, the building is slightly green with cannabis leaves on the outside.]()
The secret ingredient in Paris’ green public housing
How cannabis can be part of an affordable housing future — not just one for eco-conscious elites.
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![A large house with a red picket fence drawn around it and multi family housing on each side of the image]()
![A large house with a red picket fence drawn around it and multi family housing on each side of the image]()
Zoned out: One woman’s half-century fight to desegregate Berkeley
The legacy of race-based housing rules continues to shape the landscape of big cities.
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This abandoned Walmart has been reclaimed as a public library
The McAllen Public Library is the size of 2.5 football fields -- the largest single-story library in the United States.
