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Home & Safety
Under Pressure: What Failing Infrastructure and PFAS Mean for Your Home
Aging pipes are bursting in the streets, and anxiety over PFAS in local water supplies is growing. Suddenly, keeping your property safe means looking way past your front door.
Home & Safety
The Fall Safety Audit: Forever Chemicals and the Future of Your Fridge
This fall's safety update tackles two big issues: testing private well water for forever chemicals and the new technology replacing your refrigerator.
Home Projects
The Defensive Renovation
Homeowners are shelving the dream kitchen to play defense. Right now, protecting your equity means fixing the roof and drought-proofing the yard.
Home Projects
The Ground Beneath Your Feet
Coastal driveways are collapsing. 'Forever chemicals' are turning up in the garden. The most urgent home maintenance now involves the soil and water we rely on.
Home & Safety
The Home Safety Audit: Driveways and Drinking Water
A massive car seat recall and an escalating legal battle over tap water contamination show that home safety takes constant upkeep.
Energy & Solar
The Great Utility Reshuffle
Mandatory water bans in Denver. Rising bills for lead pipe replacements in Ohio. The basic math of running a home is changing, and you're the one paying for it.
Home & Safety
The Summer Utility and Water Audit
Electricity rates are spiking and municipalities are cracking down on water usage. Here's what you need to know to protect your budget and your lawn this season.
Home Projects
The New Rules of Home Improvement
Between a looming lumber tariff and new 'lawn cop' enforcement in drought zones, upgrading your property is getting complicated.
Home & Safety
The Summer of Hidden Hazards
When you buy a house, you assume the street out front is permanent. But recent sinkholes and floods prove the ground beneath us is literally shifting.
Home & Safety
Exploding Gadgets and Toxic Water: The Hidden Hazards in Your Home
A massive recall of a popular rechargeable hand warmer and a legal showdown over 'forever chemicals' in California tap water are on the radar this week.
Home & Safety
The Invisible Filter
Sudden sinkholes and forever chemicals have one thing in common: they're both driving up the cost of your local infrastructure.
Home Projects
The Water-Wise Home: Why Defensive Upgrades Are the New Curb Appeal
Whether it's drought in the West or bursting pipes in the East, water is forcing homeowners to rethink their lawns and protect their basements.
Home & Safety
The Hazards Beneath Your Lawn
Toxic forever chemicals are forcing homeowners to look twice at their tap water and their frying pans.
Home & Safety
What's Actually Coming Out of Your Tap
Federal regulators are fighting over chemical testing rules, and local pipes are snapping under pressure. The safety of your home water supply is suddenly a front-burner issue.
Money & Bills
Why the AI Boom Is Raising Your Utility and Tax Bills
Data centers are draining local power grids and municipal budgets, leaving homeowners to make up the difference.