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America's poverty line is letting millions slip through the cracks here's how we could fix it
Many Americans are struggling financially but don't qualify for aid because they technically make a…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlowe…
3 mins read
As the heat goes up this summer, so do cooling costs
The average cost to cool homes could be $719, a nearly 8% increase from the same period last year.
Catherine Boudreau
9 mins read
Landlords are using a popular software tool to jack up your rent
Prosecutors say a tech company is helping landlords work together to drive up rents. The lawsuit's …
James Rodriguez
5 mins read
How a peak boomer who moved from Texas to a tiny home in New York lives 'perfectly comfortably' on less than $30,000 a year
Sam Mitchell lives comfortably in a tiny home in upstate New York making less than $30,000 a year f…
Noah Sheidlower
4 mins read
A homeless advocate of 40 years says finding homes for unhoused New Yorkers with vouchers has never been so hard
Marc Greenberg, the executive director of the Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness & Housing, says h…
Eliza Relman
6 mins read
I dodged a 15% rent increase because of a new NYC housing protection law. Here's how to know if it could save you money.
When I first learned about my proposed rent increase, I cried. Then I learned about a new law.
Juliana Kaplan
4 mins read
A DC basic income program is letting people choose the amount on their checks. A participant said $1,400 a month is what she needs to pay medical bills.
Deborah Ogarro Kelly, 47, receives $1,400 a month from a Washington DC basic income program. She us…
Allie Kelly
4 mins read
More people may never own a home they're the 'forever renters'
Some people can't afford to buy a property, and others don't want the hassle. But renters have less…
Theron Mohamed
6 mins read
The steampunk technology that could save America's cities
How an underground maze of abandoned pipes can fix the urban doom loop
Adam Rogers
6 mins read
Low-income Americans wait years to get housing vouchers that are often impossible to use. Fixing the system could mean more funding and less red tape.
Just 60% of voucher recipients nationwide actually use their vouchers to secure housing, which show…
Eliza Relman
7 mins read
I was a renter. Then I bought my house from my landlord for $210,000.
Dom Guerra, 27, had been renting while trying to buy a home. Then his landlord decided to sell. Now…
Jordan Pandy
10 mins read
Meet your new landlord: Google
Companies like Google, Tesla, Meta, and Disney are building new company towns with homes designed t…
James Rodriguez
3 mins read
Childcare is getting even more expensive as providers battle landlords and zoning regulations at a time when federal funding is running out
Many childcare providers have a hard time opening or expanding facilities because of zoning regulat…
Eliza Relman
4 mins read
Tenants and a top prosecutor have accused major landlords and a popular apartment-pricing site of colluding to inflate rents. A legal expert says it shows algorithmic collusion is no longer 'science fiction.'
Big landlords are using algorithmic pricing systems to set rents — and it might be illegal.
Eliza Relman
3 mins read
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
2 mins read
A tenant accused of turning a $1.7M LA home into an illegal Airbnb says he did nothing wrong and will sue his landlord
Nicholas Jarzabek told BI he plans to countersue his landlord for libel after she accused him of tu…
Joshua Zitser
2 mins read
'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm was so broke in his early career that he owed his landlord nearly a year's rent and dodged calls from creditors
Jon Hamm, who's known for roles on "Mad Men," "Fargo," and "The Morning Show," recalled his time as…
Olivia Singh
3 mins read
Huge New York landlord says Fridays in the office are 'dead forever' and Mondays are 'touch-and-go'
Office-occupancy rates in many big US cities have leveled off, according to new data. It's a signal…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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The Brooklyn landlord everyone hates could soon come to your neighborhood. Tenants warn these private equity groups are raising rent and ignoring maintenance issues.
New York City is facing one of the worst housing crises in the country, fed largely by policies tha…
Eliza Relman
4 mins read
A tenant stopped paying rent and listed his landlord's home on Airbnb. The landlord is now stuck living in his van.
A Washington homeowner is living in a van after his tenant skipped rent for months and listed his h…