In a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, a tech investor has a vision to build a walkable city atop farmland and golden rolling hills. The proposal could help solve twin crises confronting the Bay Area: a shortage of housing and the growing threat of climate change. But the project has generated controversy from the start, and getting it off the ground has been anything but easy. KQED's housing affordability reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi follows along to see what it takes to build something of this scale in California.

<description>In a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, a tech investor has a vision to build a walkable city atop farmland and golden rolling hills. The proposal could help solve twin crises confronting the Bay Area: a shortage of housing and the growing threat of climate change. But the project has generated controversy from the start, and getting it off the ground has been anything but easy. KQED's housing affordability reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi follows along to see what it takes to build something of this scale in California.</description>

In a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, a tech investor has a vision to build a walkable city atop farmland and golden rolling hills. The proposal could help solve twin crises confronting the Bay Area: a shortage of housing and the growing threat of climate change. But the project has generated controversy from the start, and getting it off the ground has been anything but easy. KQED's housing affordability reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi follows along to see what it takes to build something of this scale in California.

Forever Dreaming, California

Rachel Traficante and her husband Mark have spent the last few decades perfecting their dream home in the mountain town of of Cohasset, California, and were devastated when this summer's Park Fire turned it and many of their neighbors' homes to rubble. Like many who live in the fire-prone area, they found that home insurance had become too difficult and too expensive to get, so they were "going bare". In the last season of Sold Out, climate reporter Danielle Venton explained the causes behind California's brewing home insurance crisis. Now, she shares Rachel and Mark's story of what it's like to try to recover when you can't count on an insurance payout.

<description>Rachel Traficante and her husband Mark have spent the last few decades perfecting their dream home in the mountain town of of Cohasset, California, and were devastated when this summer's Park Fire turned it and many of their neighbors' homes to rubble. Like many who live in the fire-prone area, they found that home insurance had become too difficult and too expensive to get, so they were "going bare". In the last season of Sold Out, climate reporter Danielle Venton explained the causes behind California's brewing home insurance crisis. Now, she shares Rachel and Mark's story of what it's like to try to recover when you can't count on an insurance payout.</description>

Rachel Traficante and her husband Mark have spent the last few decades perfecting their dream home in the mountain town of of Cohasset, California, and were devastated when this summer's Park Fire turned it and many of their neighbors' homes to rubble. Like many who live in the fire-prone area, they found that home insurance had become too difficult and too expensive to get, so they were "going bare". In the last season of Sold Out, climate reporter Danielle Venton explained the causes behind California's brewing home insurance crisis. Now, she shares Rachel and Mark's story of what it's like to try to recover when you can't count on an insurance payout.

'Going Bare' In The Wildlands

One night in March 2023, the rain-swollen Pajaro River in Monterey County burst the seams of a levee, flooding the rural town of Pajaro and damaging hundreds of homes. In Season 3 of Sold Out, reporter Ezra David Romero followed the story of the Escutia family, as they set out to find a new place to call home. Now, a year later, he shares their next chapter. Though the family vowed never to return to the floodplain, that vow was tested as they came up against the reality of high rents on California’s Central Coast.

<description>One night in March 2023, the rain-swollen Pajaro River in Monterey County burst the seams of a levee, flooding the rural town of Pajaro and damaging hundreds of homes. In Season 3 of Sold Out, reporter Ezra David Romero followed the story of the Escutia family, as they set out to find a new place to call home. Now, a year later, he shares their next chapter. Though the family vowed never to return to the floodplain, that vow was tested as they came up against the reality of high rents on California’s Central Coast.</description>

One night in March 2023, the rain-swollen Pajaro River in Monterey County burst the seams of a levee, flooding the rural town of Pajaro and damaging hundreds of homes. In Season 3 of Sold Out, reporter Ezra David Romero followed the story of the Escutia family, as they set out to find a new place to call home. Now, a year later, he shares their next chapter. Though the family vowed never to return to the floodplain, that vow was tested as they came up against the reality of high rents on California’s Central Coast.

After The Flood Waters Recede

Growing up in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, wildfire has always been part of Sold Out host Erin Baldassari’s consciousness. Her earliest memory is fleeing a fire as it bore down on her childhood home. At the time, it was the state’s third largest wildfire, but now it doesn’t even rank in the top 20. As she considers moving back, she explores what it means to live in an area with known and pronounced climate risk. The question for all of us on the frontlines of climate change is: how do we adapt when our memories of a place are constantly clashing with new realities?

<description>Growing up in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, wildfire has always been part of Sold Out host Erin Baldassari’s consciousness. Her earliest memory is fleeing a fire as it bore down on her childhood home. At the time, it was the state’s third largest wildfire, but now it doesn’t even rank in the top 20. As she considers moving back, she explores what it means to live in an area with known and pronounced climate risk. The question for all of us on the frontlines of climate change is: how do we adapt when our memories of a place are constantly clashing with new realities?</description>

Growing up in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, wildfire has always been part of Sold Out host Erin Baldassari’s consciousness. Her earliest memory is fleeing a fire as it bore down on her childhood home. At the time, it was the state’s third largest wildfire, but now it doesn’t even rank in the top 20. As she considers moving back, she explores what it means to live in an area with known and pronounced climate risk. The question for all of us on the frontlines of climate change is: how do we adapt when our memories of a place are constantly clashing with new realities?

Facing The Fire

Sea Change is a podcast from WWNO and WRKF in Louisiana that dives deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond.When we talk about climate change, we hear one word all the time: resilient. We use it to talk about everything from our houses, to our power grid, to ourselves. In this episode of Sea Change, we asked our listeners what they think about this word, and we got some very strong reactions. And, we ask the question: how can we address both the physical forces of climate change and the broken social systems that make it an even greater threat? We hear stories about efforts from across the Gulf Coast – from storm-proofing homes to creating neighborhood disaster response groups – to help keep people from needing to be resilient in the first place.

<description>Sea Change is a podcast from WWNO and WRKF in Louisiana that dives deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond.
When we talk about climate change, we hear one word all the time: resilient. We use it to talk about everything from our houses, to our power grid, to ourselves. 
In this episode of Sea Change, we asked our listeners what they think about this word, and we got some very strong reactions. And, we ask the question: how can we address both the physical forces of climate change and the broken social systems that make it an even greater threat? We hear stories about efforts from across the Gulf Coast – from storm-proofing homes to creating neighborhood disaster response groups – to help keep people from needing to be resilient in the first place.</description>

"If I Get Called Resilient One More Time..."

Sea Change is a podcast from WWNO and WRKF in Louisiana that dives deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond.
When we talk about climate change, we hear one word all the time: resilient. We use it to talk about everything from our houses, to our power grid, to ourselves. 
In this episode of Sea Change, we asked our listeners what they think about this word, and we got some very strong reactions. And, we ask the question: how can we address both the physical forces of climate change and the broken social systems that make it an even greater threat? We hear stories about efforts from across the Gulf Coast – from storm-proofing homes to creating neighborhood disaster response groups – to help keep people from needing to be resilient in the first place.

Sold Out Presents: Sea Change

The third season of Sold Out examines the intersection of the climate and housing crises. Hosted by Erin Baldassari, the series tells the stories of families and communities throughout California, as we all grapple with the ways that climate is challenging our very idea of home, and our ability to live there. We shine a light on the solutions that can help us all face the future, highlighting the people who are actively working to protect their communities. We question assumptions that dictate how and where people live, while examining the barriers – whether political, financial or social – that hold us back from embracing or realizing change.

SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America

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