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1.2 million homes face wildfire risk in California

Housing Wire

Increasing wildfire risk resulting from climate change is a growing problem for insurers and homebuyers in affected areas, particularly California, according to a new report from data provider CoreLogic. CoreLogic said insurers’ models should account for the current risk landscape, including climate change considerations.

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Rural America is losing affordable housing at a crisis pace

Housing Wire

In fact, if nothing is done, this USDA program — called Section 515 — is projected to lose up to 137,000 affordable-housing units between 2023 to 2033 nationwide due to mortgage maturities alone, according to USDA projections , “with a potential to lose approximately 333,000 units by the year 2050.”

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How to Conduct the Most Effective Columbus, Ohio Property Search

The Robert Weiler Company

Being in a flood-prone area can seriously affect your insurance premiums and property value; it could also cause a great deal of aggravation and stress if you experience the wrath of Mother Nature. This is according to Eden Strategy Institute, who ranks cities worldwide based on smart development and technology usage.

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[National Safety Month] Improve Workplace Safety with Technology

GoForrmz

It was staggering numbers like these that led the National Safety Council (NSC) to develop its “Work to Zero” program. The goal of this program is to support infrastructure, business decisions, and technologies to work to zero workplace deaths by 2050.

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A CALL FOR MORE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AMID HOUSING CRUNCH

Will Springer Realtor

Insurers are increasingly exposed to the climate crisis and are currently under-charging premiums by about 58% to at-risk property owners, the report states. or 4% of the population – live in high-flood-risk areas, but FEMA maps used by the insurance industry are often out of date, including 11% of them last updated in the 1970s and ‘80s.