Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year

UN News

Published 13 Oct 2026, 11:00 pm·3 d ago·1 min read

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$228 billion is a staggering amount of money to find, but that’s exactly what communities around the world are faced with every year, to rebuild housing after disaster strikes.

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