As temperatures soar, wildfires burn, and sea levels rise, a new company, Habitable, has been launched to help house hunters navigate this ecologically disastrous new world order. Habitable is, so it says, a platform to “empower homeowners and home buyers to make informed decisions about properties they live in or want to live in.”
What this means in practice is a Web site where anyone can type in their address and measure the likelihood of their home being destroyed by flood, heat, drought, or fire. (“Mosquito risk” has just been added.) It’s combined with a weekly newsletter that outlines a topical climate threat—say, Canadian wildfires—and features some for-sale, or just-sold, properties vaguely relevant to the theme. (For example: “We check if Amy Schumer’s new Brooklyn Heights brownstone might burn.”)
