Segments From This Episode

• Biden administration creates plan to increase affordable housing

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Measures include supporting the production of mobile homes and tiny houses, and piloting new ways of financing. But federal money isn’t all it will take to change how, and where, people want to live.

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• Quantifying climate risk goes mainstream

  by Lily Jamali

  

  People seeking to minimize flood and fire risk when looking for a home have new tools to guide them.

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• In Texas, conservationists push for stricter land protections at a popular national park

  by Travis Bubenik

  

  Visitor numbers have skyrocketed at Big Bend, prompting calls for a wilderness designation to better protect the park’s pristine landscape.

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• Energy is getting more expensive. More middle-income families are struggling to pay.

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Between a quarter and a third of U.S. households are said to be energy insecure, and many don’t qualify for aid.

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• Glass art called to him, so he left Home Depot to make marbles

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  Hunter Read traded in his day job for long hours and the physically demanding task of crafting artsy marbles. And he loves it.

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