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Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nationās housing needs.
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this is a TERRIBLE solution for people with unpredictable incomes!
So-called ārent now, pay laterā services have emerged over the past few years as housing costs climb and paychecks grow less predictable, particularly for lower-income and gig-economy workers.
finance.yahoo.com/news/reā¦.
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Renters use 'rent now, pay later' services to manage monthly payments, but fees raise concerns
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, rents have jumped nearly 28% in past five years. Companies such as Flex, Livble and, more recently, Affirm, say breaking rent into multiple payments can h...
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thinking of housing shortage in terms if raw numbers of homes is just stupid, because homes arenāt fungible. scatter 40 million new homes across the tundra of Alaska and youāll do nothing to address housing miseries. build a neighborhood 50,000 people are excited to live in and youāll do a lot more.
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Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nationās housing needs.
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Fantastic story by @conordougherty.bsky.social about the conundrum at the center of the housing crisis: people trying to buy a home to build a nest egg need housing prices to come down, while the people who already own need prices to go up so that nest egg can grow. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/0ā¦.
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Voters Say Housing Prices Are Too High. Trump Wants Them Higher.
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NEW: More than half the members of the Providence City Council are either renters or landlords (and the mayor's a landlord too)
Here's how they are thinking about the rent control debate heating up at City Hall
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/ā¦.
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How renters and landlords on the Providence City Council are grappling with the rent control plan - The Boston Globe
More than half of City Council members are either a renter or a landlord. All 15 members will have to decide whether to vote for rent control in the coming months.
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Doesnāt really matter though; the combination of net emigration, an aging population, and declining birthrates means the US housing crisis will sort itself quick enough www.washingtonpost.com/buā¦.
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Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nationās housing needs.
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Not looking great for bitcoin
www.bloomberg.com/news/arā¦.
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Michael Burry Warns of Cascading Effects From Bitcoin Plunge
Michael Burry, who rose to prominence for his wager against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, warned that Bitcoinās plunge could deepen into a self-reinforcing ādeath spiral,ā ...
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The Cycladic island of Syros
In a āwork-awayā style exchange, successful applicants receive free accommodation, breakfast, and utilities. In return, they commit five hours a day, five days a week, to the hands-on care of rescued felines.
greekreporter.com/2026/02ā¦.
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Free Housing on a Greek Paradise: Syros Cat Sanctuary Seeks Volunteers - GreekReporter.com
The Cycladic island of Syros has become a global beacon for animal welfare, home to two renowned cat sanctuaries.
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BBC News - Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants - BBC News
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Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants
Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants
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Next week, the House will vote on a bill to tackle the housing crisis. The Senate already passed a similar one. If this becomes law, it would be the biggest change in federal housing policy in a generation. I wrote about it today. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/0ā¦.
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Congress Targets Housing Crisis as Solutions Elude Trump
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Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
www.washingtonpost.com
Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nationās housing needs.
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Donald Trump responds to public demands for more affordable housing by seeking to make housing less affordable.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/0ā¦.
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Voters Say Housing Prices Are Too High. Trump Wants Them Higher.
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Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
www.washingtonpost.com/buā¦.
www.washingtonpost.com
Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nationās housing needs.
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Bill would let churches sidestep zoning to build low-income housing. That and more stuff you should know in today's First Watch newsletter. oklahomawatch.org/newsletā¦.
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Fist Watch: Stuff You Should Know - Oklahoma Watch
Attorney General Gentner Drummond's lawsuits against natural gas marketers for price manipulation during the 2021 winter storm could go to trial this year. One case survived dismissal and faces an Aug...
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Add safe streets and vision zero to that mix.
www.chicagotribune.com/20ā¦.
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Chicago schools, transit, public housing remain rudderless under Mayor Brandon Johnson
Mayor Brandon Johnson has not named permanent heads of the Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Housing Authority or Chicago Transit Authority.
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Efforts to dismantle Pittsburgh-area encampments and bolster the regionās affordable-housing stock have improved services in Allegheny County for the homeless, officials say. Their peers in Westmoreland County, however, say they continue to grapple with tight resources.
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Shelter from the storm: Pittsburgh-area homeless community finds relief from brutal weather
A Greyhound bus dropped Drezon “Dre” Pankey in Downtown Pittsburgh two weeks before a winter storm shut down the city with 14 inches of snow. Born in Ohio and raised in Florida, the former...
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A real estate developer wants high housing costs? I'm shocked. /s
This is why we have a housing shortage, people. Not the NIMBYs or the zoning but Wall Street interests protecting their $.
Predictable result of policies turning homes into investments not housing.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trā¦.
finance.yahoo.com
Trump wants to drive US house prices up for homeowners, block those who donāt āwork very hardā from buying. Do this now
āPeople that own their homes, we're going to keep them wealthy."
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Tory led Devon County Council declared a housing crisis in 2021 due to lack of rental properties & affordable homes.
We had Tory MPs across East Devon.
@libdems.org.uk Julian Brazil: "To blame all our ills on a tiny minority of desperate people isn't the answer."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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East Devon: Housing scheme worth Ā£100m gets council backing
The district council has greenlit plans to build hundreds of new homes before 2030.
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How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children news.harvard.edu/gazette/ā¦.
New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young
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How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children ā Harvard Gazette
New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young.
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Looks like Bitcoin is moving rapidly towards its fundamental value (zero) www.bloomberg.com/news/arā¦.
www.bloomberg.com
Michael Burry Warns of Cascading Effects From Bitcoin Plunge
Michael Burry, who rose to prominence for his wager against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, warned that Bitcoinās plunge could deepen into a self-reinforcing ādeath spiral,ā ...
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10 bedrooms, one roof: New coliving townhomes seek to lower costs for Houston renters www.houstonchronicle.com/ā¦.
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10 bedrooms, one townhome: Houstonās newest coliving experiment
Newly built coliving rentals are spreading across Houston as investors experiment with ways to lower housing costs.
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A good article on rent control with a number of different perspectives on the issue.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants
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A demolition of the narrative that immigration has caused housing prices to skyrocket. #cdnpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca
The numbers donāt lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA
Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode
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