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Compare My Options — Home Safety Decision Engine
Enter your ZIP code to see ranked home safety improvement options based on your area's specific risks, costs, and priorities. Water filters, radon mitigation, lead testing, and more.
About This Tool
Get a ZIP-specific checklist when current EPA water, EPA radon, or FEMA claim-history evidence crosses a documented trigger. The broader Home Safety Score is shown separately when all modeled inputs are available.
- Available actions ranked by documented urgency
- Cost estimates for each recommended improvement
- Risk-level indicators showing which issues need immediate attention
Action triggers use the API's current EPA water, EPA radon-zone, and FEMA historical-claim fields. Missing evidence does not mean low risk and does not trigger a favorable recommendation.
Costs are national ranges and actual costs vary by provider, property, and location. Trigger data comes from EPA water records, EPA radon zones, and FEMA historical claim records.
Data Sources & Methodology
Data Sources
- EPA SDWIS — Water quality violations and contaminant detections triggering filtration recommendations
- FEMA Flood Data — Flood zone and claim history for insurance recommendations
- EPA Radon Zone Map — Radon zone classification for testing and mitigation recommendations
- ZipCheckup Home Safety Score — The versioned Home Safety Score is displayed as separate context and does not invent an action when required score inputs are missing
Methodology
Each action has an explicit trigger in the tool: EPA water violations or detections, EPA radon zone, or FEMA historical claim evidence. Triggered actions are sorted by high, medium, then low urgency. The tool does not infer a safe result from missing fields and does not calculate a cost-effectiveness ratio.
Recommendations use area-level evidence and general cost ranges. Source coverage varies by ZIP; no triggered action is not proof that a risk was measured or absent. FEMA claims are historical evidence, not a current property flood-zone determination. This tool does not replace testing, a property-specific FEMA map lookup, professional inspection, or contractor assessment.
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