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Cal Matters

Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods

By Julie Cart Photo: Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

For low-income Americans, the number of homes at risk of flooding could triple by 2050. Three Bay Area cities are among the top at-risk communities.

12/07/20

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Guardian

Inside the climate battle quietly raging about US homes

By Emily Holden

Analysis: Away from the headlines, there’s an important fight happening that is pitting real estate developers and utilities against efforts to make America’s new homes more climate friendly

10/10/20

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NRDC

Climate Change Floods North Carolina’s Housing Market

By Jodi Helmer Photo by Chip Somodevilla

The communities along the North Carolina coast are among the prettiest places in the state, but their seaside serenity comes with great risk. As climate change brings higher seas and churns up fiercer and more…

10/06/20

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John Englander

“How long before my home goes underwater?”

By John Englander

“Do I have 20 or 30 years before my property floods?” is a typical question I get at least once a week. The other day it was someone about a property in Ochlockee Bay, marked…

09/21/20

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HuffPost

3 Years After Hurricane Harvey, Many Houston Homeowners Don’t Know Who’s At Risk Next

By Sophie Kasakove Photo: Marcus Yam via Getty Images

A lack of data and options is trapping people in flood-prone homes and driving inequality.

07/05/20

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New York Times

Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage

By Christopher Flavelle Photo: Steve Helber/Associated Press

Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations.

06/19/20

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Politico

Borrowed time: Climate change threatens U.S. mortgage market

By Zack Colman Photo by Sean Rayford

“Where catastrophe happens and physical climate really manifests itself, the public tab will end up carrying this,” said Ivan Frishberg, vice president for sustainability banking with Amalgamated Bank. “Everyone is exposed in this. I’ve had…

06/08/20

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The Huffington Post

20 Million People Have Fled Their Homes Because Of ‘Climate Chaos’ Since 2008: Oxfam

Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade ― a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats, anti-poverty…

12/02/19

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