With the federal government retreating from climate action, cities and states have increasingly stepped in to ease emissions and address the crisis. But new research finds that those efforts often fail to reach renters — one of the largest and most vulnerable segments of the housing market — leaving a persistent gap in local climate policy.
Roughly one-third of U.S. households rent, according to a Redfin analysis of Census Bureau data — about 46 million in all, and they tend to be lower income.
