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Longevity news for your home

Could you live here? The answer is no. To find out why, sign up to Habitable.

What it is: Habitable, a weekly newsletter at the intersection of climate change and real estate. After all, the biggest investment most of us will ever make is in our homes. And the biggest risk to that biggest investment?

It might be fire, drought, flood, or heat — depending on where you live. Habitable helps you figure that out in time, and do something about it.

Each issue of Habitable covers news about real estate related to climate change. It includes tips for making your home climate-proof (a simple can of paint can do it). And it showcases beautiful properties located in areas with the least climate risk and asks, "Could you live here?"

Extra extra, read all about it: If you enter your address when you sign up to Habitable, you get a free custom report of your own home's Habitability Index. This is a score from 1-10, calculated by scientists from Berkeley for each property in the U.S. and Canada, estimating that property's risk of fire, drought, flood, and heat.

If you want to know what your home is up against, or if you're thinking of moving somewhere new, this is information you will want to have. To get it, sign up to Habitable for free here.