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Divided Decade

10 years later, Cleveland is still digging out of the foreclosure crisis

by David Brancaccio , Katie Long and Adrian Ma
Jan 25, 2018
Some neighborhoods saw prices fall 85 percent.
A view of Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
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RVs are becoming an alternative to high rents in LA

by Rina Palta
Dec 19, 2017
As rents rise in the city, some people seek out cheaper alternatives like RVs.
This once-inhabited RV sits on a tow lot in South Los Angeles. If no one claims it, it'll go up for sale. L.A. officials say increasingly, investors buy up RV's like this and rent them out to people who have trouble finding affordable housing. 
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Are Amazon delivery lockers your apartment building’s next amenity?

by Aaron Schrank
Oct 19, 2017
Amazon locker systems will be installed in apartment buildings across the U.S.
An Amazon delivery locker system, which routes Amazon shipments to a publicly-accessible locale, is viewed in a grocery store on November 2011 in New York City.
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Houston is trying to get buyout offers to homeowners quickly

by Andy Uhler
Oct 11, 2017
After hurricanes, government officials buy homes that are "hopelessly at risk" for future flooding and demolish them.
Jean Olson's home in Bellaire is one of many on her street that is inside-out. Even family heirlooms are in her front yard because her house is still uninhabitable.
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New York is betting $155 million that it can cut evictions

by Marielle Segarra
Oct 2, 2017
A new law gives low-income residents access to free legal help in housing court.
Without a lawyer, tenants facing eviction are at a disadvantage, said Sergio Jimenez, an attorney at the nonprofit Brooklyn Defender Services.
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Seattle increasing affordable housing through a bargain with private developers

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 25, 2017
The plan, called the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda, relies on an exchange between the city and private developers known as the grand bargain, brokered two years ago.
A construction site with cranes in the background in downtown Seattle.
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch/ for Marketplace
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Median home prices are up in areas with the biggest risk of natural disaster

by Amy Scott
Sep 21, 2017
But people may be taking some risks more seriously.
Claude Scee salvages what he can from his father-in-laws home that was destroyed by hurricane Irma on September 17, 2017 in Summerland Key, Florida. 
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Startups see untapped potential in apartment buildings

by Adam Allington
Aug 25, 2017
High-rise apartment buildings are a target for the growing home-sharing economy.
Construction workers work beside new apartment buildings in downtown Los Angeles, California on April 5, 2017.
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Why your next landlord might be based on Wall Street

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 10, 2017
Two of the country’s largest institutional landlords are joining forces. Starwood Waypoint Homes and Blackstone’s Invitation Homes are merging, becoming a mega landlord with 82,000 homes in metropolitan areas across the country. The merger tells us a lot about the housing and single-family home rental markets. Click the audio player above to hear the full […]
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First-time homebuyers are taking out more new loans

by Ryan Kailath
May 25, 2017
And nearly a quarter of them are using a gift from family or a friend, realtors say.
 
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