Tagged With Housing Crisis

Hong Kong is about to spend $80 billion on an artificial island to solve its housing crisis — but critics say it may come at the expense of the environment

Rosie Perper

A minimum-wage worker needs 1.5 jobs just to afford half the rent for a 2-bedroom apartment in most of the US

Hillary Hoffower, Andy Kiersz

Microsoft will spend $500 million on building affordable housing in Seattle

Isobel Asher Hamilton

A startup turning old hotels and offices into housing for San Francisco's forgotten middle-class is expanding to LA

Melia Robinson

San Francisco's footpaths are covered with human faeces, so the city is launching a 'Poop Patrol' to deal with the city's No. 2 problem

Melia Robinson

San Francisco's housing market is so out of control, 60% of tech workers say they can't afford homes

Melia Robinson

America's housing market is raising a 'large red flag' for the US economy

Akin Oyedele

San Francisco's tech boom is so expansive that the city's median home price rose by $205,000 in the first half of 2018, one of the biggest swells in its history

Katie Canales

American cities are so expensive that they could increase the risk of a ‘demographic time bomb’

Leanna Garfield, Samantha Lee

San Francisco is still the best city in the world for innovation --  here are the 6 cities that threaten to usurp its position of power

Melia Robinson

Salesforce donates $1.5 million to fight the San Francisco homelessness problem -- and CEO Marc Benioff is matching it

Becky Peterson

San Francisco is so expensive that people are spending $1 million to live next to a former nuclear-testing site -- now some residents are freaking out after learning the surrounding area may still be radioactive

Melia Robinson

A venture fund focused on middle-class problems is tackling a huge obstacle for millennial renters

Matthew Michaels

San Francisco's cheapest single-family home will sell for over $500,000 -- and it reveals how bad the housing crisis has become

Leanna Garfield

A startup is turning old hotels into dorm-like housing for San Francisco's forgotten middle class -- here's what it's like inside

Caroline Cakebread

Terrifying, first-person photos show the claustrophobic conditions inside Hong Kong's 'coffin cubicles'

Sarah Jacobs

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is angry about an unflattering nickname he wholeheartedly deserves

Pedro Nicolaci da Costa

Baby boomers could help fix the millennial housing crisis if they stopped hoarding rooms and took on 'boom-mates'

Chris Weller

America's largest cities are so expensive that some millennials are crowdfunding their homes

Leanna Garfield

There are more signs that Britain's roaring housing market is slowing down

Camilla Hodgson