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How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle

By Jens O. Zinn, T.R. Ashworth Associate Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
Julia Plass, Scientific Assistant, Bayreuth University

Low-income households are attracted to more affordable housing in areas at higher risk of floods and other extreme events. But many then find they cannot afford soaring insurance premiums.

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