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Best Practices for Voluntary Home Buyouts: Recommendations to NYS Office of Resilient Homes and Communities

Climate Displacement, Reports, Research & Policy, Updates

In partnership with national experts in climate migration, housing buyouts, and climate adaptation, Rebuild by Design published a white paper on Best Practices for Voluntary Home Buyouts: Recommendations to NYS Office of Resilient Homes and Communities.   Meet the Experts: Kelly Leilani Main, Buy-In Community Planning | Kristin Marcell, Climigration Network | Anna Weber, Natural Resources […]

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In partnership with national experts in climate migration, housing buyouts, and climate adaptation, Rebuild by Design published a white paper on Best Practices for Voluntary Home Buyouts: Recommendations to NYS Office of Resilient Homes and Communities. These recommendations were developed in response to the passage of the 2022 $4.2B New York State Environmental Bond Act,

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Climate Displacement in NYC

Climate Displacement

As severe coastal flooding impacts low-lying communities, those who have financial means may move to higher ground, further gentrifying inland communities, and displacing long-term, lower-income residents. Rebuild by Design collaborated with Milliman to study the areas across New York City that could be impacted by coastal flooding in 2050 to better understand the economic and demographic

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Making Room for the Water

Climate Displacement

Adapting to climate change on multiple time scales – with residents, property owners, and businesses – needs to be informed by the people who are most affected. Making Room for the Water, a program led by Rebuild by Design, University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, and One Architecture & Urbanism, is a process which will

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Data shows hurricanes and earthquakes grab headlines but inland counties top disaster list

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AP: Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes were damaged when the eastern Kentucky county flooded. It was the 13th time in 12 years that the rural county was declared a federal disaster. These are disasters so costly

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Climate Displacement

Rebuild by Design analyzed the City’s 2023 property sales and learned that over 7,300 1-3 family homes sold last year, valued at $3.6 billion, were situated within or directly adjacent to the projected 100-year flood zones by 2050 for storm surges and stormwater. This finding indicates that many new homeowners may face the risk of flooding before the end

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