Tell Zillow: Don’t Hide Climate Risks from Homebuyers

Buying a home is already stressful enough — but now Zillow is making it even harder for families to protect themselves from the growing dangers of climate change. At a time when floods, wildfires, and extreme heat are getting worse every year, Zillow has chosen to hide vital climate-risk information that homebuyers rely on to stay safe and financially secure. Families shouldn’t have to dig for the truth about whether their future home could be underwater, uninsurable, or threatened by the next major wildfire — especially when Zillow has the data ready to show.

Recently, Zillow removed climate-risk scores from more than a million home listings after some real estate agents complained that the information made homes harder to sell. Instead of keeping the data visible where buyers could easily compare flood, fire, heat, and storm risks, Zillow replaced it with a small link to an external site.

But climate disasters aren’t going away just because the information is harder to find.

Flooding, wildfires, extreme heat, and storms are becoming more severe and costly due to years of climate inaction. Millions of Americans already face skyrocketing home insurance premiums or can’t get coverage at all. Families deserve to know the risks — before they make one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives.

When climate-risk scores were visible, Zillow helped people make informed choices. Now, without that transparency, homebuyers are left in the dark about threats that could cost them their savings, their homes, and their safety.

This isn’t just about consumer information — it’s about climate responsibility. If the real estate industry hides the actual costs of a warming planet, communities will continue to build and buy in harm’s way, deepening the cycle of climate-driven damage and financial loss.

Zillow can help break that cycle. Restoring climate-risk scores is a simple and powerful step toward protecting homeowners and making sure the housing market reflects real-world dangers.

Please sign the petition calling on Zillow to immediately bring back visible climate-risk scores on all listings — and give every homebuyer the honest information they need in the age of climate change.

Together, we can demand honesty, accountability, and climate transparency from one of the country's largest real estate platforms.

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Sources

The Guardian (Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales) (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/zillow-removes-climate-risk-data-home-listings

NY Times (Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/zillow-climate-risk-scores-homes.html?_hsmi=2

Bloomberg (Erasing a Home’s Risks on Zillow Doesn’t Make Them Go Away) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-12-02/zillow-removing-climate-risks-from-homes-doesn-t-erase-them