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Sea Level Rise and Sunny-Day Flooding Can’t Stop a Building Boom on the Jersey Shore

Developers and politicians are looking to the state’s Democratic governor, legislation or the courts for relief from stringent new state regulations limiting construction along the coast.

By Emilie Lounsberry

Coastal flooding hits the Jersey Shore in Avalon on Oct. 12, 2025. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images
Members of a coalition opposing the Second Watchung Ridge development host a press conference in September. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

Old-Growth Forest in New Jersey at Center of Affordable Housing Debate

By Ryan Krugman

In the Outer Banks, A Growing Number of Homes Are Getting Swallowed by the Sea

By Kiley Price

A view from a new area of Brooklyn’s Bushwick Inlet Park. Across the inlet, the brown MTA facility marks where property firm Gotham Organization wants to build apartments. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York City Needs More Housing. Should it Come With Promises to Protect Green Space?

By Lauren Dalban

The image shows forested land in fall colors in Utah

How Did the Housing Crisis Revitalize Efforts by Western Republicans to Sell Off Public Lands?

By Zoë Rom

A budget amendment in Nevada would pave the way for the development of public land near the Gold Butte National Monument. Credit: Bureau of Land Management

Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of Orchard Hills in Irvine, Calif., where homes have been built to be fire-resistant. The neighborhood handled a fire very well in 2020 due to home construction, community planning, and partnership with the city. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Burned Homes Can Be Rebuilt More Resilient to Wildfires, but Many Homeowners Can’t Afford the Price

By Diana Kruzman

Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis

By Kiley Price

Damaged belongings are piled outside an apartment building on Oct. 5 after Hurricane Helene hit Treasure Island, Fla. Credit: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Senate Democrats Push to Ease Process for Disaster Housing Aid

By Marianne Lavelle

From Heat Waves to Hurricanes, Climate Hazards Often Hit Renters the Hardest

By Kiley Price

As Texas leads the nation in Black growth, Tiara Dawson, a newcomer, acknowledges that many lack the survival skills needed for the state's increasing number of climate disasters. Credit: Riot Muse

Moving South, Black Americans Are Weathering Climate Change

By Adam Mahoney, Capital B

Lorraine Capolungo near the site of her mobile home in the Creekside Mobile Home Park, which burned in the Cache Fire in Clearlake, California. Credit: Michael Kodas

Inside Climate News Freelancer Anne Marshall-Chalmers Honored for her Feature Story Showing California Wildfires Plague Mobile Home Residents

By ICN Editors

Construction workers work on a housing development on May 3, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Legislative Proposal in Colorado Aims to Tackle Urban Sprawl, a Housing Shortage and Climate Change All at Once

By Wyatt Myskow

As Flooding Increases, Chicago Looks To Make Basement Housing Safer

By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine

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