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Adventures in Housing

Because that's what finding and affording a place to live has become.
Adventures in Housing

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Amy Scott Aug 28, 2019

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Adventures in Housing

Co-homeowners and best friends “grow roots” in their Vermont city

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 7, 2025
Since moving from New York City in 2022, Jordan Heiden and Cass Lang have invested in solar panels, built gardens and attended city council meetings.
“If things change, we’ll figure it out,” says Cass Lang, right, with friend and co-homeowner Jordan Heiden.
Courtesy Cass Lang and Jordan Heiden
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Amid rising property taxes, this homeowner turned to Airbnb

by Sofia Terenzio
Dec 10, 2024
Charlotte Kreutz listed a private room in her home on Airbnb. Almost immediately, she started getting bookings.
"Without the Airbnb covering our property taxes, we would probably have to move," said Charlotte Kreutz, a homeowner in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Courtesy Kreutz
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Renting in New York can be rough, but she found something "really special"

by Sarah Leeson
Dec 4, 2024
Melissa Mesku happened upon the perfect rent-stabilized apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side. How did she beat the odds?
Urban canyons: High-density living in New York City.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Home away from home: The history of college dormitories

by Sofia Terenzio
Nov 29, 2024
"You could teach the entire history of American architectural style just using dormitories," says Carla Yanni of Rutgers University.
Students at the University of Michigan use a large rolling bin to move out of their dorm.
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
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Storybook-style houses evoke "nostalgia, whimsy" says Dallas designer

by Sarah Leeson
Oct 21, 2024
"It would be definitely a bucket list of mine to get to visit all of them in my lifetime," said Annilee Waterman, a residential designer in Dallas.
Marie Antoinette's cottage on the grounds of Versailles is considered the first storybook-style home.
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Since the 1930s, mobile homes have served an essential role in America's housing stock

by Sofia Terenzio
Oct 18, 2024
They are an affordable housing option in a country where so few affordable housing options exist.
A mobile home park in Windsor, California.
George Rose/Getty Images
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Los Angeles' "dingbat" apartments are a kitschy piece of the past

by Sean McHenry
Sep 17, 2024
Shaped by the car culture, dingbats are going obsolete due to earthquake risk. But their names and style flourishes bring nostalgic smiles.
Dingbat dwellings were once a staple in LA, but they've required retrofitting in the quake-prone city.
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Inside the mind of a Sears House hunter

by Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 9, 2024
Judith Chabot devotes much of her free time to searching for houses built from kits sold by Sears. “It’s kind of like bird-watching,” she said.
Sears catalogs have been replaced by Zillow listings for house hunters.
Internet Archive 2024
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How a row of “Painted Ladies” became San Francisco ambassadors

by Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 5, 2024
The homes represent the city's ideals, a local architectural historian says: cherishing the past and “always looking to the future.”
The juxtaposition of old Victorian homes against a backdrop of skyscrapers makes the "Painted Ladies” of Steiner Street a popular tourist destination.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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The history behind the "shotgun" houses of New Orleans

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 22, 2024
Despite their association with New Orleans, researchers say the shotgun style originated farther afield.
A traditional clapboard Creole cottage in the Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans.
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