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Two Problems, One Affordable Green Solution

Two Problems, One Affordable Green Solution

Up First from NPR
Jun 15, 2025 23 min
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The U.S. faces a housing crisis and growing threats of climate change. One global city is tackling both problems at once, and U.S. cities are paying attention. In this episode of <em>The Sunday Story,</em> NPR's Julia Simon travels to Vienna, Austria to see how they make <a href="http://npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5400642/affordable-housing-environment-vienna-climate-change"target="_blank" >affordable housing that's resilient to climate change</a>. And she meets politicians trying to build this "green social housing" in America.<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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