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Climate change shapes housing stability, affordability, and health. These stories explore how it impacts communities, housing systems, and the policies needed to build resilient, equitable homes.
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What NYCHA’s Heat Pump Strategy Says About the Future of Green Affordable Housing
New York City’s public housing authority plans to install 20,000 window heat pumps and 10,000 induction stoves over the next five years. The effort shows how large-scale procurement could help affordable housing providers cut emissions and lower the cost of green upgrades.
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Not If But When: A Disaster Preparedness Conversation
Against the back drop of 2017’s California wildfires, a quickly organized session took place to discuss disaster response and recovery from the perspective of being a housing organization.
Rising Tides, Rising Costs
In the face of climate change, flood insurance rates are rising. But program rules, and the history of who has been shunted into the floodplains, means the brunt is being bore by those least able to absorb it.
Native Alaskans See Walrus Harvest Disappear with Sea Ice
The effects of climate change have wreaked havoc with Arctic weather conditions that while always extreme and highly changeable, could be read like a book.