That could be why crawl spaces aren't as popular for new-construction homes. Only 9.9% of new homes started in 2023 were built over crawl spaces, according to the National Association of Home ...

For homes that have crawl spaces, as much as 50% of the air inside your house might originate in the crawl space. It seeps upward through the floor into the house.

Nation World Mom says children thought hiding in crawl space was a party; it may have saved them Lifelong Midwesterner Elizabeth Friend did something she rarely does: she took cover during the storm.