I moved from Los Angeles to Brazil. I pay $1,600 a month to live in a complex with a supermarket, day care, and restaurants.

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Luca Martins was homesick in Los Angeles and moved back to Brazil.

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I'm an 84-year-old landlord. I charge reduced rent to my housemates who help me with food, tech, and transportation.

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My parents pay my rent in New York City because I can't find a full-time job after college. I feel like I failed.

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The author is a recent college graduate who can't find a job.

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We're young, in love, and sleep in separate bedrooms. It's made our romantic life even better.

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Katie Loftin and Phill Jackson

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Most NYC renters are struggling to afford housing. These maps show where it's worst.

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Most New York City renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing.

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When Massiel Lugo's parents moved to Jackson Heights, Queens, from the Dominican Republic nearly 50 years ago, the working-class neighborhood was an affordable place to raise a family.

How one factory supplies NYC's corner store delis

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Bodegas are one of New York City's oldest and largest neighborhood institutions, with more than 10,000 spread across the city's five boroughs. But this century-old industry is fighting to stay alive under rising rents, cutthroat competition, and Zohran Mamdani's city-run grocery initiative.

I'm a TSA agent, and my most recent paycheck was just $4 thanks to the government shutdown. I can't afford rent.

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The author (not pictured) is a TSA agent working through the government shutdown.

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My boyfriend and I live in a 500-square-foot apartment with another couple so we can afford New York City rent

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I was at Mamdani's 'Rental Ripoff' event, where New Yorkers vented about rats and 'bad landlords'

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New York lawmakers want to give your favorite dive bar a rent freeze

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Army & Navy bags in New York's Lower East Side has hung in there.

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