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4 Charts That Tell Us About Homelessness in America Today

By Belinda Luscombe

U.S. Housing Prices Fall for First Time in a Decade

By Prashant Gopal / Bloomberg

Hong Kong 'Cage Homes' a Reminder of Its Inequities

By Brian Wong

Sales of Previously Owned Homes Fall to an Almost Two-Year Low

By Reade Pickert / Bloomberg
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How to Buy a Home in a Brutal Housing Market

Shopping for a home these days is a miserable slog. The buyers who walk away with a set of keys succeed against long odds, prevailing despite skyrocketing prices and relentless competition. Even as the U.S....

By Ronda Kaysen

Afghan Evacuees in U.S. Struggle to Find Housing

It has been nine months since 22-year-old Khadija, her 14-year-old brother and 32-year-old cousin fled the Taliban’s takeover in their home country of Afghanistan. After brief stays in Qatar and Germany, they arrived in the...

By Sanya Mansoor

Why Double Digit Rent Hikes Are Here to Stay

Garrett deGraffenreid, a 23-year-old New York University graduate student, knew the rent on his one-bedroom Manhattan apartment would jump when he saw a Trader Joe’s grocery store pop up down the block. “The writing was...

By Abby Vesoulis

How Wealthy American Expats Transformed the British Aristocracy

It could have been a screenplay for one of those gentle comedies that British film studios used to do so well: In 1924, a young American from Portland, Maine, was on vacation in England and...

By Adrian Tinniswood

Why Deaths Among America's Homeless Are Soaring

When West Virginia declared a state of emergency to arrest the coronavirus, the social network that aids the homeless froze along with everything else. Charities that offered daily meals and warming stations shut down. Volunteers,...

By Paul Moakley

Ceyenne Doroshow on Safe, Affordable, LGBTQ-Centered Housing

Ceyenne Doroshow founded Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society, or G.L.I.T.S., in 2015 to help trans and sex-worker communities with issues like housing and health care. These needs became increasingly urgent after the...

By Cady Lang

The American Dream Remains Inaccessible for Many Black Americans. Here’s How We Can Fix That

Data can help us understand and address inequality

By Raj Chetty and David Williams

Homeless Moms Forcibly Evicted From Vacant Oakland House Highlight Area's Affordable Housing Crisis

Oakland's mayor called their protest 'a courageous act of civil disobedience'

By Katie Reilly

The Screen Time Debate is Pitting Parents Against Each Other

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By The Aspen Institute

This Technology Could Make Ships Invisible in the Water

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By The Aspen Institute

National Service is Key to Rebuilding After Harvey

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How Donald Trump Just Raised Many Mortgage Bills

For first-time homeowners

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

5 Ways America Changed During Obama’s Presidency

The country looks a lot different than it did eight years ago

By Ryan Teague Beckwith and Chris Wilson

Ben Carson's Nomination Is an Offense to America

'Would we accept a celebrity chef in charge of the Pentagon?'

By Mark Linton

Move Over, New Yorkers: Here's How Small Apartments Can Get

Hong Kong's notoriously tiny apartments just got even smaller

By Kevin Lui / Hong Kong

One Way to Reduce Crime: Raise Wages

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