{"id":128421,"date":"2022-05-09T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T13:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//?p=128421"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:22:41","slug":"new-tool-from-ucf-led-team-shows-homeowners-and-renters-the-true-cost-of-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//new-tool-from-ucf-led-team-shows-homeowners-and-renters-the-true-cost-of-disasters/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421//","title":{"rendered":"New Tool from Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½-led Team Shows Homeowners and Renters the True Cost of Disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some areas of the Southeast, such as Florida, the housing market is booming, but with hurricanes and other natural disasters posing annual threats, the true cost of owning a home in the region may be largely unknown./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

That/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/u2019s why the Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ and a team of researchers from across the country have just released a new online tool that can help people determine how ready their home, or future home, is for the next big storm./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

The tool, called HazardAware, is now live, just ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

The easy-to-use tool allows users to plug in an address and instantly receive the property/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/u2019s HazardReady score. The score shows just how resilient, or disaster-ready, a home is, and projects how much hazards, such as winds and flooding, could cost a homeowner each year./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

HazardAware can provide reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/u2014 including all of Florida, and parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.  This is a region that is historically impacted by hurricanes and other large hydrometeorological hazards each year./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

With continued funding, HazardAware could also be expanded to cover the entire U.S. and other disasters such as wildfires and earthquakes./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

A property/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/u2019s HazardReady score takes into account 15 potential threats, including hurricane winds and flooding. The score also considers social and environmental vulnerability, community resilience, and home construction factors./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

Users can choose to receive an emailed custom home report for their address, and they will also receive a renter and homebuyer checklist that can help ensure they ask the right questions next time they are in the market for a home./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n

The tool is part of a larger $3.4 million, multi-institution Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½-led project funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/u2019s Gulf Research Program./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128421/n