NAHB and HUD Showcase Housing Innovations
NAHB Policy Briefing | NAHB partners with HUD on Innovative Housing Showcase seeking solutions for housing affordability and resiliency; data show number of active homebuyers drops
Habitat for Humanity Completes Its First 3D-Printed Home
This fully 3D-printed Virginia home offers a glimpse into the future of affordable housing construction
How Alternative Building Systems Are Helping a Strained Workforce
Builders battling a seemingly endless barrage of materials shortages and price hikes are finding a solution in the form of insulated concrete building systems
How Low-Cost, Allergy-Free ‘Passive’ Homes Offer an Affordable Housing Solution
Passive buildings offer energy efficiency paired with a health and wellness guarantee
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How Climate Tech Start-Ups Are Helping People Protect Their Homes
These companies are helping homeowners fortify their properties against intensifying climate catastrophes
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Office-to-Housing Conversions Offer Potential Solution for Metro Areas Affected by the Pandemic
Vacant office spaces could provide a housing solution to meet rising rental demand
Environmental
IECC Report Shows Warming Climate Across U.S.
Here are the regions reporting the most substantial changes.
New-Construction Projects
The World's Largest Community of 3D-Printed Homes Is Coming to Austin
ICON, Lennar, and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group are unveiling the future of construction technology
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4 Principles for Building Resilient Homes
How to design a 100-year home built to last
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New Housing Design in Alaska Combines Indigenous Wisdom with 21st Century Technology
I realized … that incorporating the wisdom of a people who had over 10,000 to 20,000 years adapted to one of the harshest climates was an important step
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Natural Disasters Now Factor Into Where Homebuyers Want to Live
Also, about one-third of the 3,000 homeowners surveyed are considering selling their home, moving, or both to avoid a potential disaster in the future
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Mortgage Market Is Not Ready for Climate Change
As the mortgage industry wonders what to do next it will have to pivot from risk models that are focused on credit and operating risk underwritten and priced by insurance companies.
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Markets With Extreme Weather Are Only Affordable to the Wealthy
Miami Beach resident Curt Dyer says he’s spent nearly $250,000 in renovations to make his home more resilient to flooding, something that impacts…
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There Will Be More Idas
The deadly devastation that Hurricane Ida left from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic coast is likely a preview of what’s to come, as climate change and rising sea levels converge to produce stronger and more frequent natural disasters.
