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2. Tract housing - Wikipedia

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   Tract housing came about in the 1940s when the demand for cheap housing skyrocketed. Economies of scale meant that large numbers of identical houses could be built in a "cookie cutter" fashion faster and more cheaply to fulfill the growing demand. Developers would purchase a dozen or more adjacent lots and conduct the building construction as ...

3. Flophouse - Wikipedia

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   Cage homes are described as "wire mesh cages resembling rabbit hutches crammed into a dilapidated apartment." [6] As of 2012, the number of impoverished residents in Hong Kong was estimated at 1.19 million, and cage homes, along with substandard housing such as cubicle apartments, were still serving a portion of this sector's housing needs. [6]

4. Affordable housing - Wikipedia

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   Measuring affordable housing is tricky. Different organizations look at different things: some at buying homes, others at renting apartments. Many U.S. studies, for example, only consider the average rent of a two-bedroom apartment, regardless of location or quality. This can make housing look more expensive than it actually is for many people.

5. This 54-square-foot studio without bathroom or kitchen rented ...

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   Rent growth slows, but problem remains. Asking rents grew by 2.4% from $3,500 a year ago, a substantial slowdown compared to prior years. New York City rents experienced an annual double-digit ...

6. Apartment - Wikipedia

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   A lower-rise apartment building on the left side of the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, juxtaposed next to a skyscraper apartment building. An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English) [a], or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building ...

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