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Moving to a Climate-Disaster Zone Just to Afford a Home

Los Angeles Times

In essence, the U.S. is creating a system in which your income determines your exposure to climate disasters. When housing becomes unaffordable in safer areas, the only available and affordable property is often in riskier locations — low-lying areas at flood risk in Houston and coastal Texas, or higher-wildfire-risk areas as California cities expand into fire-prone foothills and canyons.

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