
In Los Angeles, a modern home standing relatively untouched, the sole survivor in a street of fire-ravaged homes, could point the way for how building design will determine which Australian properties will be insurable in our climate-changed future.
As the unprecedented January wildfires destroy whole neighbourhoods, Australian developers face a harrowing challenge: build differently or watch 5.6 million Australian properties worth $4.66 trillion become effectively uninsurable by decade’s end.
According to Domain research, that’s the number of Australian homes currently facing bushfire risk and facing that fate.
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