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Real estate continues to dominate India's investment portfolios, shows FICCI report
Even for millennials, buying a house featured at the top of their priorities. 66% of millennials &…
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4 ways Trump's housing plans are expected to hurt homebuyers and 3 ways they could help
Trump has pledged to lower housing costs, but industry leaders and economists are worried some of h…
Eliza Relman
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Budget 2024: More affordable housing, lowered rent TDS — here’s what will change for the housing sector this year
Union Budget 2024 delivers massive boost with 3 crore affordable houses and tax cuts. Here's all th…
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4 major wins for YIMBYs on election night — and one loss
Pro-housing advocates won some major new funding for affordable housing in cities and states across…
Eliza Relman
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A Gen Xer struggles to afford housing and groceries, but her income is about $100 too high to get help
Melinda Binkley, 56, has tried to apply for safety net programs before but she's told her household…
Allie Kelly
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A Nevada mayor is battling one of the worst housing shortages in the US. Her solution: looser construction regulation.
Nevada is one of the most unaffordable places in the country. The mayor of Reno says cities need to…
Eliza Relman
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If you want a high-paying job and a more affordable house, move to the Rockies or the South
Places like Utah and Idaho are doing well, but New York is becoming more distressed.
Juliana Kaplan
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AOC and progressive allies want the federal government to build over a million homes. Even YIMBYs don't think it's a good idea.
Housing policy experts say a Democratic effort to get the federal government to build 'social housi…
Eliza Relman
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Medicare coverage will change in 2025. Some boomers are already struggling to keep up with their medical bills.
The 2025 enrollment period for Medicare opened recently. Some older Americans' deductibles, prescri…
Allie Kelly,Juliana Kaplan
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A policy that's supposed to create more affordable housing often backfires, leaving cities with higher home prices and rents. There's a way to fix that.
Inclusionary zoning is often so expensive that developers build less housing overall. Making it vol…
Eliza Relman
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A 62-year-old employed 'peak boomer' in California makes too much for affordable housing but lives in her car: 'I'll work until I drop'
Cheryl Simmons, 62, is a parking lot attendant making $42,000 a year who lives in her car in San Di…
Noah Sheidlower
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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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A new housing plan wants to give middle-class Americans the kind of support typically reserved for low-income households
The HOMES Act would cap rent at 25% of tenants' incomes, and offer homebuyers affordable mortgages.
Eliza Relman,Juliana Kaplan
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Arlington, Virginia, gave $500 to low-income families no strings attached. It helped them catch up on bills, but many still struggle to afford housing.
Arlington's Guarantee helped participants secure better jobs and pay off debts, though participants…
Noah Sheidlower
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A boomer lives on $1,768 monthly Social Security and says she's a few hundred dollars away from losing access to necessities
Michelle Russell, 70, lives on her monthly Social Security income but it isn't enough to pay her bi…
Allie Kelly
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Some baby boomers are burning through their retirement savings to pay for cancer treatments. Then they have to go back to work.
Some baby boomers who hoped to retire are instead draining their savings and cutting costs on food,…