As climate change intensifies, severe flood events have become more commonplace across the entire U.S. Extreme flooding disproportionately impacts low-income communities and people of color because they often live in areas that are more prone to flooding, in housing stock not well suited to weather such events, and lack adequate disaster plans as well as the financial means to evacuate and/or temporarily relocate.

How housing policy, climate adaptation, and insurance reform can build resilience and help communities prepare for and recover from climate disasters.

Celebrating two decades of Enterprise Green Communities, housing leaders gathered online and in Washington, D.C., to reflect on the next chapter for healthy, resilient, and energy-efficient affordable homes amid a moment of unprecedented bipartisan support for housing affordability.