Joe Biden wants more people to start living in empty offices

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The exterior of 160 Water Street, a former office building that's undergoing full reconstruction to hold almost 600 apartments at market price.
160 Water Street in lower Manhattan is being converted into almost 600 apartments.

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New York City has lost 100,000 apartments because people in rich neighborhoods keep combining units

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Townhouses on the Upper West Side of New York City.
Townhouses on the Upper West Side of New York City.

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Why the housing market sucks for both buyers and sellers

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An overview of an American neighborhood.
Experts predict the current housing market freeze will continue.

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China's 1.4 billion population can't fill the country's millions of empty homes. Here's 3 things that would.

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Aerial photo taken on September 15, 2023 shows a commercial residential property under construction in Qingzhou City in August.
Aerial photo taken on September 15, 2023 shows a commercial residential property under construction in Qingzhou City in August.

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The paradox of the American West: plenty of open land, but nowhere to build new homes

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A conveyer belt full of houses crashes into a mountain in the West.
The cost of housing in Western states is soaring. But the simple solution — build more houses — is proving difficult.

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Western states have plenty of wide open land. So why can't they build more homes?

Meet the pro-housing agitators who are fighting to bring down home prices — and winning

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A large house being surrounded by smaller homes
YIMBYs want to solve America's housing crisis by making it easier to build homes — and they're starting to notch key wins in big cities.

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Inside the fight to build more housing and bring down home prices

A Gen Z couple pays $1,300 for a New York City microstudio. Here's how they made it work for them and their cat.

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Elana Wallach and her partner Luis Cortorreal split a tiny microstudio in the East Village.
Elana Wallach and her partner Luis Cortorreal split a tiny microstudio in the East Village.

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A $1.7 million prefab tiny home community was designed to help solve homelessness in an expensive Southern California city. A year later, half of its residents have found homes.

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Inside a tiny home at DignityMoves' Santa Barbara location
Of the 66 people who have stayed at DignityMoves' Santa Barbara prefab tiny home community, 36 have gone on to find permanent housing.

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China's economy is struggling, but it might not be all that bad for the US

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A factory in Zhengzhou, China, in 2015.

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