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After 2 years of applying for the NYC housing lottery, she finally won her bid. Now she pays $1,000 in rent for her Manhattan apartment.
In 2018, the odds of winning the affordable-housing lottery were 1 in 592, The New York Times repor…
Amanda Goh
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San Francisco's housing crisis is so dire that nearly 7,000 people applied for 95 affordable apartments
Other American cities are also grappling with affordable housing shortages. The Times reports that …
Leanna Garfield
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Their landlord hiked their rent by 25%, so they applied for the NYC housing lottery. On the 25th try, luck was on their side.
Winning the housing lottery is a pipe dream for most applicants: In 2018, The New York Times report…
Amanda Goh
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She was still in college when she started applying for the housing lottery. Now, she pays $1,600 for a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC.
Rent prices in NYC grew more than seven times as fast as wages in 2023, according to a May report f…
Amanda Goh
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He won the NYC housing lottery after applying more than 60 times. Now, he pays $2,300 in rent for his Brooklyn apartment.
Competition for the New York affordable-housing lottery is stiff: There are about 450 applications …
Amanda Goh
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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.
After a 33-year-old single mom won an affordable housing lottery, she and her son were able to leav…
Alcynna Lloyd
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In Defense Of The 'Poor Door': Why It's Fine For A Luxury Condo Developer To Keep Its Low-Income Units Separate
Let's imagine that the city forces Extell to get rid of the "poor door" and spread the affordable u…
Josh Barro
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11 cleaners struck a $1.2 million jackpot after pooling the little money they had to buy a $3 lottery ticket
Some of the women said they earned so little that they had to borrow money to pay for their share o…
Matthew Loh
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2 cops won $1.2M in the lottery, but said they won't quit because they want to set an example for their kids
A British couple who won a lottery said they would continue to work part-time as police officers be…
Mikhaila Friel
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PRESENTING: The Only 4 Ways To Get A Cheap Apartment In New York City
Mitchell-Lama housing sounds like a great deal, and it can be. But there’s a catch. The most desira…
Josh Barro
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A couple who won over $1 million in the lottery transformed a dilapidated 1930s house into their dream home
Andrew Cunliffe brought home his winning scratch card in 2016 and proposed to his now-wife, Natalie…
Maria Noyen
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RESULTS: Republican Young Kim is projected to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros and win California's 39th congressional district
Democrat Gil Cisneros defeated Republican Young Kim in the 2018 midterm election by 3.2%.
Madison Hall,Grace Panetta
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There's one 'lucky' group of homeowners in America's housing market, says a Zillow economist
It's those who are downsizing, as prices have gained nearly 50% since the pre-pandemic days, Zillow…
Huileng Tan
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These Are The Luckiest Convenience Stores In America [PHOTOS]
"This economy has been doing so poorly for so many people and we talk about it in so many abstract …
Harrison Jacobs
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I became a millionaire at 21 after winning the lottery. It changed my life, but I sometimes felt like a walking ATM.
A 21-year-old lottery winner who received $28 million shares how he spent the money and it impacted…
Kitti Palmai
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A 'Million Dollar Listing' says he learned a life-long lesson from becoming a millionaire at 26 - and losing it all in 6 months
Now, he pays himself first: "The second I get a check, I take half of it and put it into a separate…
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The Florida Housing Market Is On Fire
Despite all of the current excitement, Deutch believes prices can go much higher as affordability c…
Sam Ro
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Stephen Ross, the developer behind NYC's $25 billion Hudson Yards neighborhood, says a housing market slowdown 'has to happen' and that the city needs 'a lot of affordable housing'
Ross, 79, built a $7.7 billion fortune as a real-estate developer in New York, Business Insider pre…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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We got a peek inside the starchitect-designed luxury apartments that are dramatically changing New York City's skyline
Starting March 1, the units will be on the rental market - aside from the building's 142 affordable…
Sarah Jacobs
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Why the Olympics are a terrible investment for the host city
With runaway budgets and stadiums that may never be used again, the Olympics continue to be a big r…