Meet America's newest mega-landlords: Google, Facebook, and Elon Musk

Tech Insider : Economy
For rent signs featuring logos for Google, Meta, and Tesla pop up in front of a row of gray two-story houses.
After years of running up against housing shortages, companies like Google, Meta, and Disney are taking matters into their own hands.

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Vince Toye wants to transform the American housing landscape, one affordable unit at a time

Tech Insider
Vince Toye on a dark blue background with lines
Vince Toye leads the community-development banking and agency lending businesses for JPMorgan Chase.

Courtesy of JPMorgan; BI

A 3D-printed home builder demolished a house before it was complete. Here's why.

Tech Insider
a 3d printer next to a printed wall
Zachary Mannheimer, Alquist 3D's founder, says issues like expensive materials are still preventing the construction 3D printing industry from producing cheaper homes.

Alquist 3D

The vast majority of Americans support housing policies that are widely illegal

Tech Insider : Economy
People walk past brownstone townhouses in the Fort Greene neighborhood on June 24, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
People walk past brownstone townhouses in the Fort Greene neighborhood on June 24, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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Americans ditched big cities during the pandemic. Now many are regretting it.

Tech Insider : Economy
A keychain containing a house, sad face and covid virus.
The dream of owning a home with a yard in the suburbs is turning out to be disappointing.

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This apartment building is being 3D printed in Europe — and rent won't be more than $530 a month for a 872-square-foot unit

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a rendering of Peri 3D Construction's apartment building
Peri 3D Construction is now printing part of an affordable apartment building in Germany, as seen in a rendering.

Peri 3D Construction

A realtor says a $660 apartment listing asking tenants to share a bed proves how 'grim' the affordable housing crisis is

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An unmade queen-sized bed.
The realtor came across a listing for a shared bed on Facebook Marketplace.

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See inside a tiny-home village that gives homeless people $200-a-month houses — and has a waiting list of 700 people

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The 12Neighbours tiny home village located in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The 12Neighbours tiny-home village in New Brunswick, Canada — across the border from Maine,

Courtest of Marcel LeBrun

Homebuyers in Santa Fe shelling out more than $1 million will have to pay a new 'mansion tax'

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.
Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.

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The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down

Tech Insider : Economy
The Airbnb logo transforms into simple line drawing of a house with two windows and a front door
A new study found that an Airbnb ban in Irvine, California lead to rent price decreases.

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