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Orlando built 254 affordable apartments, preserved 640 more, and provided homeless services to more than 10,000 residents over the past five years using federal HUD grants, and is now seeking public input on its 2026-2030 housing priorities through a July 6 deadline.
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Miami has proposed a $23 million federal housing plan for fiscal year 2026 covering rental assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS, affordable housing construction and rehabilitation, down payment help for homebuyers, and emergency homeless services.
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A one-bedroom duplex loft inside a Brooklyn building originally constructed as a Civil War-era munitions foundry has listed for $2.1 million, featuring a private bilevel garden with the factory's original 70-foot smokestack repurposed as an outdoor fireplace.
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Miami-Dade County has launched eminent domain proceedings to seize a nearly 10-acre fuel terminal on Fisher Island after rejecting a $400 million deal with the luxury developers who purchased the property last year for $180 million with plans to build a $2 billion condominium complex.
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Despite earning tens of millions during his NFL career, Rob Gronkowski lived with a roommate and paid just $1,500 a month in rent while banking his entire salary, a frugal strategy he says helped him build a $13 million real estate portfolio.
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New Kids on the Block star Jonathan Knight returns to HGTV as the host of the "Crashers" reboot, premiering June 8, nearly a year after the network canceled his show "Farmhouse Fixer" and despite his well-known social anxiety about approaching strangers.
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A new bill from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis would temporarily double the capital gains tax exclusion to $1 million for homeowners over 65 who sell a home they have owned for at least 25 years, from 2027 through 2030.
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Have you thought about a community garden? A community garden can mean fresh produce, better curb appeal, and stronger neighborhood bonds, but getting one off the ground requires buy-in, planning, and due diligence. Experts recommend starting with an in-person conversation rather than a formal notice, focusing on benefits like lower grocery bills rather than logistics.
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Simone Biles revealed on Instagram that she "almost" died from an undisclosed medical emergency while her husband, Jonathan Owens, was away training with the Indianapolis Colts, calling it one of the scariest experiences of her life.
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Lester Hurst and Helena Peters Hurst returned to their 10-acre property in Burning Springs, KY, on May 31 to find their handbuilt tiny home gone, with muddy tire tracks and a demolished deck left in its place. Thieves had cut the hitch locks, removed the home from its blocks, and towed it away along with all of the couple's personal belongings, including sentimental items like photos of Peters Hurst's late father.
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City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt by roughly 3,000 votes in the race for the second spot in the Los Angeles mayoral runoff, as late-arriving mail-in ballots continue to be counted with an estimated 150,000 still outstanding. Raman, a Democratic Socialist running on aggressive housing construction and greater density in single-family neighborhoods, had trailed Pratt by 8 percentage points on election night before late mail-in ballots shifted the count.
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"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie returned to the air fighting back tears, telling co-host Jenna Bush Hager that she cries every morning on the way to and from work as the search for her missing mother, Nancy, enters its fifth month with no public breakthrough.
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One sentence: HGTV star Christina Haack is relisting her six-bedroom Franklin, TN, farmhouse for $4.5 million nearly a year after her divorce from Josh Hall was finalized, ending a bitter legal battle in which Hall tried to block the sale of the property.
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Alec and Hilaria Baldwin have cut the asking price of their Amagansett, NY, estate to $18.99 million, the latest in a series of reductions on a property that has been on and off the market since 2022, when it was first listed for $29 million.
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When residents of San Lazaro Mobile Home Park in Boulder County, CO, received notice in March that their park was for sale at $42.5 million, Navy veteran Damien Teague organized a nine-person steering committee and began pursuing a buyout under a Colorado law giving residents 120 days to submit an offer when a park owner plans to sell.
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In nondisclosure states, where home sale prices are already withheld from public records, private listings create a second layer of secrecy that research suggests may be shifting property tax burdens away from high-value homeowners and onto everyone else.
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The Y Bar O Ranch, a meticulously maintained 29,071-acre property in far West Texas that hadn't changed hands in 60 years, sold for $46 million within 30 days of listing to a local rancher who plans to keep it running as is.
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A 35-acre Tudor-inspired compound in Upper Brookville on Long Island's Gold Coast has listed for the first time at $24.98 million, centered on a 19,000-square-foot manor built in 2005 with old-world craftsmanship including a ballroom with 23-foot ceilings, onyx marble detailing, and a reconstructed 1914 stone barn.
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A 218-year-old limestone cottage in Centerville, OH, listed for $275,000 for the first time in its history and went under contract in just four days, with original features including hand-laid limestone walls, deep-set windows, and an original fireplace still intact.
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Anola Johnson, a 67-year-old Utah travel specialist with $300,000 in retirement savings and a nearly paid-off home, lost roughly $850,000 to a romance scammer she met on LinkedIn in 2023. The scammer, posing as a Spanish oil rig engineer named Pedro, spent months sending daily messages of affection before steering Johnson into fake cryptocurrency investments, fraudulent wire transfers, and ultimately a $350,000 home equity loan she took out under the pretense of home improvements.
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