Land Lines April 2024
What Will Make Home Buyers Consider Climate Risk? What Happens Once They Do?
Even as climate change delivers more intense and more frequent storms, wildfires, and heat waves, home buyers across the United States continue to move into areas at greater risk of climate impacts — in fact, they’re doing so at an ever increasing pace. Where the planet is sending us flashing red “stop” signals, home buyers and developers seem to see green lights. Why? And what will it take to change that?
Is Economic Development Working? Rethinking Local Approaches to Growth
Traditional economic development approaches often produce uneven growth that can deepen disadvantage and exacerbate longstanding inequities, but prioritizing local assets and the well-being of residents can lead to very different outcomes.
This issue explores cities rethinking street surfaces in response to climate change, factors influencing home buyers to consider climate risk, the work of Seattle’s Black Home Initiative to address affordability and inequity, and more.