Buyers undaunted as climate change risks staggering number of U.S. homes

Ian Solomon is just 24, but he has already faced some of the most severe consequences of climate change — from fires to floods.

Last year, sharing a house with four friends in Compton, California, he remembers struggling to breathe as wildfires turned the sky red and ashes fell around him. His sinuses constantly inflamed, he left before the next fire season, moving into a studio loft in Detroit, his hometown.