A policy that's supposed to create more affordable housing often backfires, leaving cities with higher home prices and rents. There's a way to fix that.

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View of Long Island City and Manhattan from rooftop, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.
Inclusionary zoning is designed to boost the production of affordable housing by requiring or incentivizing developers to build a certain number of below-market-rate units.

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Top 10 most livable small to midsize cities where the median home price is $500,000 or less

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Urban sprawl from the developments in Broomfield, Colorado apprach the majestic range of the Flatiron Mountains.
Broomfield, Colorado, is near the famous Flatirons on the Rocky Mountain front range.

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The freefall in China's home prices continued in March as Beijing struggles to stem real estate crisis

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Local residents look at a model of a Poly Real Estate Group housing project at a real estate showroom on May 25, 2023 in Sanya, Hainan Province of China.
Local residents look at a model of a Poly Real Estate Group housing project at a real estate showroom on May 25, 2023 in Sanya, Hainan Province of China.

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Homebuyers need to earn 87% more than in pre-COVID years to afford a starter home, Redfin says

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There are so few starter homes on the market, Biden wants to pay people $10,000 to sell their houses

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A For Sale sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San Marino, California on September 6, 2023.
A For Sale sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San Marino, California on September 6, 2023.

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'Love is Blind' fans are bashing the cookie-cutter Charlotte suburbs featured on the show. Here's how experts say they can be improved.

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The Blu South townhome development in season six of the Netflix reality dating show "Love is Blind."

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Biden wants to make it easier for people to buy their first home. But there aren't enough houses.

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Home prices continued to soar higher across the US in the 4th quarter

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While housing prices are significantly cheaper in Texas compared to California, property taxes are not.

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Homebuyers are flocking to areas most exposed to extreme weather risk and pushing prices higher, JPMorgan says

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A home in a flood.
A home submerged in water after a flood.

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Housing-market activity stalls in January amid uncertain rate outlook

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