A 59-year-old downsized to a tiny home on wheels to shrink her housing costs while helping care for her parents

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Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo
Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo

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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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Gen Z pays more for housing and has more debt than millennials did 10 years ago. That will likely impact the presidential race.

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Apartment for rent.

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Millennials who can't afford to buy homes are helping make suburban Chicago and Miami the most competitive rental markets in the US

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View of Lake Michigan and the city skyline in Chicago, United States on October 14, 2022.
Rising competition in rental markets has been shaped in recent years by severe housing shortages

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Parents with young kids are fleeing New York City in droves. Skyrocketing housing and daycare costs are to blame.

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Children on swings at the playground at Union Square Park in Manhattan.
Children on swings at the playground at Union Square Park in Manhattan.

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Boomers are hanging onto large homes, boxing out millennials with growing families. That could hurt Biden in the election.

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A home for sale in Austin, Texas, in October, 2023.
A home for sale in Austin.

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Singles need $96,000 a year to live comfortably in the biggest cities, says SmartAsset

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Sunset in Manhattan, New York City
Living comfortably in New York City is an expensive business.

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The one big thing keeping interest rates high

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Houses with a 'for rent' sign in front of them
Rent is not getting cheaper for many Americans and could have a huge impact on what the Fed does in 2024.

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An incredible new map could help bring down America's sky-high home prices

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Houses rising out of a map

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As homelessness spikes nationwide, at least 4 major cities have found ways to get people off the streets

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Unhoused people sleep on the streets of New York during freezing temperatures on February 16, 2018.
Unhoused people sleep on the streets of New York during freezing temperatures on February 16, 2018.

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