05/06/2025Best Practices for Voluntary Home Buyouts: Recommendations to NYS Office of Resilient Homes and CommunitiesIn partnership with national experts in climate migration, housing buyouts, and climate adaptation, Rebuild by Design published a white pape…
11/13/2024Rainproof NYC: Recommendations from the Working GroupsThe “Rainproofing New York City: Recommendations from the Working Groups,” report documents the recommendations that came out of the working…
07/12/2024Atlas of Disaster: New Jersey Between 2011-2023, New Jersey experienced 14 climate disasters, leaving each of the state’s 21 counties with at least five disaster declarat…
10/11/2023New Study Finds Blue-Green Infrastructure in New York City Would Generate $2 Return on Every $1 InvestedOctober 2023 - Just two weeks after massive flooding in New York City closed schools, halted subways and left the City at a standstill, Rebu…
08/03/2023Atlas of Disaster: Vermont ON THE HEELS OF EXTREME FLOODING IN VERMONT, NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT VERMONT EXPERIENCED 17 MAJOR DISASTERS BETWEEN 2011-2021, CALLS FOR NEW D…
03/05/2023Towards a Rainproof NYC: Turning the Concrete Jungle Into a Sponge ReportInformed by City Agencies, City Contractors, and representatives from global cities who have successfully prioritized planning for heavy rai…
12/08/2022Climate Displacement in NYCRebuild by Design calls for “making space for neighbors” and the development of a voluntary, government led, predictable buyout program info…
11/16/2022Atlas of Disaster Ninety percent of U.S. counties have experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021, with some having as many as 12 disasters duri…
05/31/2022A Community Driven Path Towards Equitable RecoveryRebuild led an engagement process in Boulder CO to ensure that COVID-19 federal funding would be allocated for the needs of the communities …
04/05/2022Rebuilding With Resilience: Lessons From the Rebuild by Design Competition After Hurricane SandyThe six winning* Hurricane Sandy Design Competition projects were selected to demonstrate innovative approaches for rebuilding communities a…
03/25/2022An Anthology of Ideas for Hurricane Ida Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction and a collective head scratching – wondering what could have been done to prepare, what can be don…
11/20/2021Boulder County Post-Pandemic Engagement ReportRebuild by Design worked with Boulder County Staff and Community Leaders to organize an outreach process to understand the effects and needs…