Small apartments are in, and it's causing rents in new buildings to drop

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A studio apartment in Denver, Colorado.
A studio apartment in Denver, Colorado.

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I got paid $10,000 to move to Tulsa. My mortgage for a whole house is about what I used to pay to rent one room.

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Jasmine Bell got paid $10,000 to move from Los Angeles to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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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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America has a serious ugly home problem

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Older man looking with disgust at a row of nearly identical houses
The nagging discontent with the aesthetic of new homes reveals big problems with how they're built — and even larger flaws in the American dream itself.

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The average household would need to save for 36 years to afford a typical home in LA. Here's how 50 US markets compare.

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Many potential homeowners struggle to make down payments.

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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

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It might be your fault you can't afford a house, says finance guru Dave Ramsey

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Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey.

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There are 4 cities where housing is now 'impossibly unaffordable' — and they're all in the same state

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"Selling Sunset" follows real estate agents in California.

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The top 10 cities with the most homes under $200,000 all share the same thing: baked-in affordability

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Akron, Ohio.

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7 cities that pay people to move there, including one that offers up to $10,000 in cash to new residents

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A couple walks in downtown Morgantown, West Virginia.

West Virginia Tourism Department.

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