Owning a home is within reach in these 10 cities, where buyers need less cash to achieve the American Dream

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Overview of Mobile, Alabama.
Mobile, Alabama.

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A Silicon Valley billionaire is leasing a 2-acre plot of private land for $1 a year to help address the Bay Area's housing crisis

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San Jose, California.

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This chart shows how housing affordability has plunged across the US

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Home affordability has plunged in the US
Home affordability has plunged in the US since 2019

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Three Californians got $40,000 to build ADUs in their backyards. They share how it's made their lives better and easier.

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one of the ADU grant recipents, Jakota Rivas, in front of her ADU.
Jakota Rivas, right, in front of her ADU in Napa, California. She received a $40,000 state grant. Ryan O'Connell, left, is founder of How to ADU, a ADU advocacy company.

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The paradox of the American West: plenty of open land, but nowhere to build new homes

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A conveyer belt full of houses crashes into a mountain in the West.
The cost of housing in Western states is soaring. But the simple solution — build more houses — is proving difficult.

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Western states have plenty of wide open land. So why can't they build more homes?

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