Yes in my backyard: Democrats are changing their tune on housing policy

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Kamala with a hard hat on, smiling.
Kamala Harris' platform calls for building 3 million homes in her first term to help alleviate the housing crisis. It's what YIMBYs have been waiting for.

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Don't get your hopes up about the housing market

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Jerome Powell in a hard hat in front of. houses.

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JD Vance said migrants are the reason it's so expensive to rent or buy homes. He's wrong.

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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance delivers remarks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sen. JD Vance has repeatedly blamed high housing costs on immigrants. He's proposed deporting millions of people to address the housing crisis.

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A New York City Airbnb host was shut down under the short-term rental law. He's now renting his basement illegally on Facebook and making crucial income after he was laid off.

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Row houses in Queens, New York.
Row houses in Queens, New York.

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Canada's bold plan to make housing more affordable is showing signs of working — and could be a model for the US

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The exterior of a multiplex that is being built as multiple units, that combined together will be a condo, along Mortimer Ave. in Toronto.
The exterior of a multiplex with two townhouses and a basement suite in Toronto.

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The US cities where renters are struggling the most

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A small home sits next to a larger home in Naples, Florida, which has one of the highest rates of cost-burdened renters in the country.
Naples, Florida, has one of the highest rates of cost-burdened renters in the country.

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Biden and Trump have wildly different approaches to bringing home prices and rents down

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

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Irish millennials and Gen Zers are being hit hard by the housing crisis. Many more are moving back in with their parents.

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Blooming trees in Dublin city center during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Blooming trees in Dublin city center during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Home prices could drop for the next 6 months as inventory rises by the biggest margin since the financial crisis, investment strategist says

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An advertisement for a reduced price is seen outside of a home for sale in Dallas, Texas September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
An advertisement for a reduced price is seen outside of a home for sale in Dallas

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An influx of new residents to GOP-leaning Montana could be the key voting bloc that decides the state's hotly-contested Senate race

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Aerial View of Downtown Bozeman, Montana, in Summer.
Bozeman, Montana.

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