New 64-home 'fire resilient' community in Escondido is first of its kind

New 64-home 'fire resilient' community in Escondido is first of its kind

A new community in Escondido is one of the first of its kind in the region, and potentially in the nation, according to KB Home. The 64 single-family houses are built from the ground up, and each “meets the home- and neighborhood-level wildfire resilience standards developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety,” according to the developer. IBHS is a nonprofit independent research organization, according to its website. It focus…

This new community in Escondido is one of the first of its kind in the region, and potentially in the country, according to KB Home. The 64 single-family homes are built from scratch and each “complies with the standards of resilience against forest fires at the housing and neighborhood level developed by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Security,” according to the developer. IBHS is an independent non-profit research organization, …