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Don't need to go big to go home: Australia is turning to sustainable 'tiny houses' to fix their housing crisis!
Tiny houses are becoming an increasingly popular choice for the urban resident. Often fueled by a d…
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Young families are still fleeing major cities in huge numbers, a 'big surprise' for metros trying to escape the urban doom loop
Cities are continuing to lose families with young kids at alarming rates post-pandemic. Many of the…
Eliza Relman
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Philadelphia is experimenting with guaranteed income pilots for pregnant people and housing insecure families
Philly Joy Bank and PHLHousing+ are guaranteed basic income pilots in Philadelphia offering familie…
Allie Kelly
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Why 4 new bird flu developments have experts worried about the virus
The H5N1 bird flu virus is changing and getting more opportunities to adapt to humans. Experts are …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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JD Vance says deporting 20 million people is part of the solution to high housing costs
In an interview with Business Insider last year, Vance blamed high housing costs largely on high in…
Eliza Relman
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It took an Austin developer 4 years to build 4 small homes that he made no money on as the city struggles to bridge the gap between tiny apartments and pricy houses
Restrictions on medium-density housing in Austin are keeping prices high, as there's not much in be…
Eliza Relman
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Saudi Arabia is trying to build the largest linear city ever. It's a visionary but flawed concept, urban planners say.
Architects, urban planners, and academics spoke to Business Insider about whether a line really is …
Polly Thompson
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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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Urban golf courses are making housing more expensive and parks harder to access — and taxpayers are footing the bill
Golf is played by just a fraction of city residents, but urban courses take up a ton of valuable sp…
Eliza Relman
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'Urban camping' in this Montana city has spiked 200% as priced-out locals move into cars and RVs
Locals in Bozeman, Montana, are moving into their cars and RVs parked on city streets, a practice c…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Detroit's 'doom loop' was unlike any other American city. Its downtown is now a model for urban reinvention.
Detroit beat out Miami as the fastest-appreciating housing market in the country last November, ris…
John L. Dorman
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Apple shelves plans to develop displays for smartwatch: Report
Tech giant Apple has reportedly shelved plans to develop display screens for its smartwatch.
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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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Housing markets remain strong in 2024, sales rise 20% across six metro cities in Q1
India's major cities are experiencing a housing boom in 2024. Sales have gone up by 20% in the firs…
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Housing prices surge 7% across top eight metros; Kolkata the unlikely topper
Residential property rates in the leading eight urban centres of India surged by 7% year-on-year (Y…
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New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist. But getting that assistance is as unlikely as getting into Harvard.
When New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist for the first time in 15 years, more…
Eliza Relman
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Beijing says property developers in deep trouble must go bankrupt
China's real-estate debt crisis has already taken down property giant Evergrande, which is now unde…
Huileng Tan
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A housing market rebound may finally be underway
In February, housing starts jumped by the most in nine months, while building permits spiked by the…
Phil Rosen
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After eliminating extreme poverty, India now eligible to move to a higher poverty line: report
The report finds growth in per capita consumption, a decline in urban and rural inequality and a dr…
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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…