Don't get your hopes up about the housing market

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Jerome Powell in a hard hat in front of. houses.

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Kamala Harris has an ambitious plan to build 3 million new homes. She'll have to get through Congress and local NIMBYs first.

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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris talks about her economic policy platform, including improving the cost of living for all Americans, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her housing plan during a speech about economic policy in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Obama pushed Democrats into their YIMBY era

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Former President Barack Obama hailed Vice President Kamala Harris' 'bold new plan' to spur the construction of new homes.

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I won a housing lottery with over 5,000 applicants. Now I pay $1,260 a month for a brand-new home.

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Angela Santiago on the roof of her apartment complex.
Angela Santiago won an apartment with rent well below market rate through a New Jersey affordable housing lottery program.

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Barcelona is banning Airbnbs. Other European cities have cracked down already — with some success.

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Photo illustration of a phone with Airbnb logo.

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JD Vance said migrants are the reason it's so expensive to rent or buy homes. He's wrong.

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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance delivers remarks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sen. JD Vance has repeatedly blamed high housing costs on immigrants. He's proposed deporting millions of people to address the housing crisis.

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Montana's housing crisis is a warning for older homeowners across the country

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A Bozeman, Montana, residential neighborhood with a view of the Bridger Mountains of the Gallatin National Forest.
A residential neighborhood in Bozeman, Montana.

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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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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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Biden and Trump have wildly different approaches to bringing home prices and rents down

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

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