About 45% of firefighters in the U.S. are privately employed.
Kate Dargan Marquis of the Moore Foundation discusses spurring research and development to keep up with the growing impact of wildfires.
It’s often in the interest of lenders themselves to work with borrowers and provide options for repaying the loans.
California’s state backup insurance plans are now buckling under pressure of intensifying natural disasters.
We’ll unpack the latest on the Los Angeles fires. Also: The GOP is readying immigration policies before Donald Trump takes office.
Los Angeles has one of the lowest multifamily vacancy rates in the country. The fires will push rents even higher.
There are roughly 75,000 people in Los Angeles experiencing homelessness, and those in the path of the fires face additional risks.
Thousands of structures have burned in a region where the affordable housing crisis is already acute. What does this mean for the area’s existing unhoused population?
The system is already strained by climate-induced disasters, says Wharton’s Ben Keys. Homeowners across the state may bear some of the cost.
Devastation in LA and elsewhere has taught us what can help prevent catastrophes — more firefighters, improved water systems and mitigation.
