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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I moved to Montana after getting priced out of California. I work in the trades — not all transplants are rich remote workers buying up property.

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Ian Baylon and his now-wife moved to Montana after watching "Yellowstone" and planning a trip to the state.

Ian Baylon

Move over, New York and San Francisco, the US's major job hubs are now cities like Charleston and Hilton Head, South Carolina

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People take a photo in May 2021 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which has one of the fastest job growth rates in the country.
People take a photo in May 2021 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which has one of the fastest job growth rates in the country.

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A national shortage of construction workers is driving high home prices. The industry is struggling to fill the gap.

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Construction workers in Nashville

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Take a look at the revolutionary housing developments Canada's First Nations are building on ancestral land

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Aerial rendering of the future Sen̓áḵw development in downtown Toronto
The Sen̓áḵw development in central Vancouver

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A Gen X mom makes $25,000 at Applebee's and can only afford one meal a day. She's one of many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck but don't qualify for government help.

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More Americans are becoming ALICEs — people who are asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed but struggle to afford rent and groceries. The subject of the story is not pictured above.

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A woman moved to Florida after her home burned in the Lahaina fires, and the cheapest Maui rental she could find was $10,000 a month

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Thousands of families were displaced by the fires on Maui, Hawaii, in August.

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'Urban camping' in this Montana city has spiked 200% as priced-out locals move into cars and RVs

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An aerial view of Main Street in downtown Bozeman, Montana in Fall. The autumn trees are turning bright colors color and there is a light dusting of snow as we look down Main Street.
The unhoused population in Bozeman, Montana, has grown 50% since 2020, with urban camping making the problem more visible.

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Some workers are choosing housing and student loan benefits over a retirement plan, and it says a lot about America's cost-of-living crisis

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Companies are getting creative with benefits packages to hire and retain top talent.
Companies are getting creative with benefits packages to hire and retain top talent.

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A millennial who moved to Canada for the quality of life shares why he wants to go back to Texas — and why he regrets not waiting to relocate until later in life

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A millennial who moved from the South to Montreal says the quality of life is great but that he wants to return to his home state of Texas.

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