New York City will pay homeowners up to $395,000 to build an extra dwelling in their garage or basement to help ease the housing shortage

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An ADU model in New York City.
An Ecological Living Module, a 22-square-meter "tiny house", is displayed at the United Nations headquarters in New York, July 16, 2018.

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People in Missouri, Ohio, Michigan and other Midwestern states will have the highest heating bills this winter — here's why

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Cars covered in snow are seen during a winter storm in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 31, 2021.
Cars covered in snow are seen during a winter storm in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 31, 2021.

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Architects are cutting big holes in the middle of skyscrapers and adding more floors to turn empty NYC offices into apartments

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Mayor Eric Adams and Richard Coles, Founder and Managing Partner at the Vanbarton Group, are pictured as they tour a new apartment at building located at 160 Water Street in downtown Manhattan in March 2023.
Mayor Eric Adams, right, and Richard Coles, the founder and a managing partner at the Vanbarton Group, tour a new apartment at building located at 160 Water Street in downtown Manhattan in March.

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US homebuyers are waiting for the Fed to start cutting interest rates. Here's when 10 experts say it's going to happen.

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The lack of homeowners selling their homes has contributed to a shortage of housing inventory.

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Housing economists have a great idea that could fix just about everything

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Snow covers downtown rooftops and open spaces in Flensburg, Germany.
Land value taxes would incentivize development on valuable urban land, discouraging surface parking lots and other forms of land use that generate relatively little value.

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Canada's unprecedented housing crisis could be a warning sign for the US

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Construction of new homes and town homes in Markham Ontario in June 2022.
Construction of new homes and town homes in Markham Ontario in June 2022.

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San Francisco is moving forward with its tallest-ever apartment building as California's new laws to fight the housing crisis start to pay off

Tech Insider : Economy
The Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline including the Salesforce Tower are seen in this view from the bay on Monday, March 9, 2020.
The Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline including the Salesforce Tower are seen in this view from the bay on Monday, March 9, 2020.

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Make America Build Again

Tech Insider : Environment
A red iron beam filling in the American flag

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Anne-Marie Griger's job is to build big things — fields of solar panels that can power a city, forests of wind turbines as tall as sequoias. But to do it, she has to start small. 

Developers who want to build apartments near public transit stations are in luck as the Biden administration opens up billions in new loans

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
The Wyandanch Village apartment complex adjacent to the Wyandanch, New York, Long Island Rail Road station is show in this aerial photograph on September 12, 2023. It is one example of transit orientated development on Long Island.
An apartment complex adjacent to the Long Island Rail Road station in Wyandanch, New York is one example of transit-oriented development.

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The 17 cheapest cities to live in the US

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City view of Augusta, Georgia.
Augusta, Georgia.

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