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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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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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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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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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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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I spent nearly $60,000 when 2 of my kids were in full-time childcare. We delayed having a 3rd child because we couldn't afford it.
Randi Braun had two kids in childcare at one point. She said she wanted another child but had to de…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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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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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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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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Georgia gave low-income Black women $20,000 over 2 years. A participant said the money helped her afford day care and pay bills.
Shamarra Woods, 31, used her $700 a month in basic income to afford childcare, rent, and groceries …
Allie Kelly
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I'm Gen X and would love to provide childcare for my future grandkids. But I'll be too old when I can afford to retire.
After spending 15 years as a stay-at-home mom a Gen Xer won't be able to retire until she's 71. She…
Jane Ridley
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I couldn't afford to buy a home in the US — so I invested in 5 in Europe instead
Amy Beihl didn't want to sacrifice travel to own a home, so she bought a share of five vacation hom…
Jordan Pandy
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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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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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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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Kids in universal pre-K are more likely to attend college and graduate high school, study finds
President Joe Biden wants to establish universal pre-K, and a massive new study shows the benefits …
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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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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Tech legend Marc Andreessen says the rise of remote work might be more important than the internet: 'A permanent civilizational shift'
Remote work freed up opportunities, which could lead to shared prosperity. Marc Andreesen said it "…
Hillary Hoffower
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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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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 …