Climate Housing
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Left Behind
What life is like for the last residents of Staten Island's Oakwood Beach.
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America’s oldest Black town is trapped between rebuilding and retreating
The decline of Princeville, North Carolina, is a testament to just how much history is at risk in an era of accelerating climate change.
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Torn Apart
In Houston, a generations-deep community is being dismantled by mandatory buyouts.
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How to keep older adults safer during heat waves? Give them housemates.
In France, a deadly heat wave gave rise to an intergenerational housing movement.
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Displaced Washington flood survivors ‘in limbo’ while awaiting federal aid
Climate change is straining FEMA’s capacity to help people after a disaster.
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After FEMA overhaul, hundreds of thousands of Americans are forgoing federal flood insurance
The total number of National Flood Insurance Program policies has decreased nearly 9 percent since last fall.
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The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
A California nonprofit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
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Biden’s under-the-radar executive moves would make solar cheaper for low-income renters
Before the Manchin news broke, Biden announced a slate of climate measures.
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Chicago made its Southeast Side a polluter’s haven, violating civil rights
The city’s decision to relocate a scrapyard to a majority Black and Brown community is part of a pattern of environmental discrimination, according to a federal investigation.
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Louisiana’s insurance market is collapsing, just in time for hurricane season
At least seven companies have failed in the nine months since Hurricane Ida, sending homeowners into a panic.