A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation examines the locations of project-based federally assisted properties in relation to risks for 18 types of natural hazards ranging from flooding and hurricanes to earthquakes and wildfires. One-third of federally assisted homes are in areas at very high or relatively high risk for negative impacts from natural hazards compared to one-quarter of all renter-occupied homes and just 14 percent of owner-occupied homes.
NH&RA will host a panel on Resiliency as Preservation: Futureproofing Affordable Housing for Climate Change at our Summer Institute on July 22. Representatives from the National Housing Trust and Climate Central will discuss their efforts to map affordable housing against the risk from rising sea levels.
