Jacinta Bunnell, 52, received guaranteed basic income from Creatives Rebuild New York. The program gave 2,400 artists $1,000 a month for 18 months.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
Cities are continuing to lose families with young kids at alarming rates post-pandemic. Many of them are moving to the far reaches of the suburbs.
Older and retired Montanans are particularly hard hit by the state's severe housing crisis, as their fixed incomes are squeezed by rising costs.
How the Instagram account Zillow Gone Wild sparked an obsession with everything from rainbow driveways to peacock mosaics.
Starting this summer, Pomona, California will give 250 families with children with children under the age of 4 years $500 a month for 18 months.
A couple in Astoria, Queens, rented out their basement on Airbnb for years. New city regulations have made that illegal.
However, the pace of new construction of single-family and multi-family homes has started to slow this year — bad news for renters and homebuyers.
Over 50 cities and counties have piloted basic-income programs that give residents hundreds of dollars a month for housing and groceries.
Baltimore gave low-income parents $1,000 a month for two years. Participants used the money for bills and housing.
A single mom who made $55,000 last year across three jobs says she can't pay the bills and doesn't qualify for many government-assistance programs.
The Canadian federal government is finding new ways to pressure local governments to legalize denser housing to solve the country's home shortage.
What see-saw prices for wood tell us about America's economic future.
Half of all US renters were cost-burdened in 2022, spending more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, a new Harvard report found.
Shamarra Woods, 31, used her $700 a month in basic income to afford childcare, rent, and groceries in Atlanta.
"My favorite thing about living in a 3D printed house is really the aesthetic," said homeowner Daniella Glaeze.
Homelessness in the US hit a record high last year, fueled in large part by the nation's severe shortage of housing.
Biden has pushed for more federal involvement in housing policy. Trump proposed massive cuts to federal housing programs for the neediest.
Britt Lorino, 55, relocated to Arkansas after living most of his life in Austin. The county's mover incentive program helped pay for his house.
Daily essentials are inflating faster than broad inflation indexes, as the ALICE Essentials Index is up 7.3% annually from 2021 to 2023.