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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle

Uninsurable and unaffordable: climate change and the rising cost of housing

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As housing affordability in Australia has worsened in recent years, it’s also brought the cost and challenges of adapting to climate change into sharp focus.

More frequent and extreme weather events are already having an impact on housing, further reducing our stretched housing supply and contributing to increasing insurance costs. Climate change’s long-term impacts on mental health and economic resilience are also bubbling to the surface.

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