Low-income Americans wait years to get housing vouchers that are often impossible to use. Fixing the system could mean more funding and less red tape.

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Apartment buildings on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City.
Apartment buildings on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City.

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The growing reason people can't afford to own a home

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Photo illustration looking at a house with money collaged.

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Mortgage rates spike above 7% for the first time this year as the market adjusts to delayed Fed cuts

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Homebuyers signing a mortgage.
Homebuyers signing a mortgage.

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The exclusive island where people keep giving away homes for free — even though the typical house costs $3.6 million

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Nantucket Island shoreline with classic seaside homes
Dozens of homes are physically moved each year on Nantucket, an island off the coast of Massachusetts known for well-heeled homeowners.

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A startup's solar-powered backyard tiny home can help power the main house — see inside its first 100 prefab ADUs starting at $279,000

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person sitting outside an ADU at Cosmic's showroom in SF
San Francisco-based startup Cosmic is selling 100 prefab ADUs starting at $279,000 each in hopes of using the profit and a recent funding round to improve its manufacturing process and decrease the cost of its tiny homes.

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Why buying a home isn't likely to get much cheaper even under Biden's housing plan

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Arizona's Democratic governor squashed an effort to make homes more affordable as Biden travels to the state to promote his housing plans

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An aerial view of new homes under construction at a housing development on June 7, 2023 in Buckeye, Arizona. Buckeye is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and is located on the fringe of the Phoenix metropolitan area.
An aerial view of new homes under construction at a housing development on June 7, 2023 in Buckeye, Arizona.

The viral 'Twitter menswear guy' just wants an affordable home in a walkable neighborhood

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Three Victorian homes in a row on a steep hill on Fillmore Street in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco, California, August 28, 2016.
Menswear writer Derek Guy pays much more in rent than he'd like to. He says he'll likely never be able to afford to own a home.

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Gen Z is living with their parents to save money. But it's going to cost them, big time.

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A young woman standing in front of a house
Like millennials, Gen Z is living with their parents well into their 20s. But in the long run, it may not be a good idea.

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In Los Angeles, a 49-unit apartment complex is taking 17 years to complete, the result of complex laws that exacerbated California's affordable housing crisis

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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles.

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