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Adventures in Housing

Because that's what finding and affording a place to live has become.

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Adventures in Housing

After dreaming of living in a dome home for decades, this Texas woman made it a reality

by Sarah Leeson
Mar 7, 2024
"I'm not getting any younger. If I'm going to have a dome, I need to get on with it," said Paula Stone of Fredericksburg, Texas.
Paula Stone's home is made up of five connected monolithic domes that she designed herself.
Courtesy Stone
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This van life-er left her corporate job for a life on the road

by Sofia Terenzio
Feb 29, 2024
Abby Joselyn planned to live out of her van for two years. But now, a year and a half into her vanlife journey, she "can't imagine being done in six months."
Joselyn now makes lifestyle videos for social media full-time to pay for her expenses.
Courtesy Abby Joselyn
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For a couple in Maine, calling a Grange Hall home means financial freedom

by Sarah Leeson
Feb 23, 2024
With the goal of living mortgage-free, "I really knew that I would go anywhere and I would live in anything," Kate Mill says.
After living in Nashville, Tennessee, for 23 years, Henry Pile and Kate Mills bought this Grange Hall in Livermore Falls, Maine.
Courtesy Henry Pile
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Median home prices are down across the U.S., but location still drives valuation

by Sarah Leeson
Feb 15, 2024
When Caitlin LaClair and her family moved to Texas and then Massachusetts, they were hit with sticker shock.
The prices you'll encounter depend on where you're looking.
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Buying a house means more opportunities for this first-time owner

by Sean McHenry
Jan 31, 2024
"As a result of me being a homeowner ... if I need to take money out, I can do that," says Monique Coleman of West Virginia.
Monique Coleman and her daughter, Zoey, outside their home in Charles Town, West Virginia.
Courtesy Monique Coleman
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Next year, this 25-year-old hopes to be a homeowner

by Sofia Terenzio
Dec 15, 2023
A check-in with Utah resident Abigail Gomez, who plans to move out of her parents' home.
Abigail Gomez and her boyfriend, Kaden Cooper, in northern Utah. They hope to own a home together within the next year.
Courtesy Gomez
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Moving — instead of building — a house

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 29, 2023
When the Knapp family relocated from Alaska to Wisconsin, they bought a building from a church for $1 and relocated it to their property.
When Anna and Patrick Knapp came to Wisconsin, they decided to take a house off of a church's hands and move it to their property. It worked out well.
Courtesy Anna Knapp
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For this fire lookout, home is a cabin 20 feet off the ground

by Sean McHenry
Aug 21, 2023
Brig Malessa spends fire season living in the tower and travels the rest of the year. "I can get by on very little money."
"It's the closest you can get to living outside without living outside," Brig Malessa says of living in a fire lookout tower. Above, the Oregon tower that she currently calls home.
Courtesy Brig Malessa
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The economic and logistical realities of straw-bale building

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 16, 2023
One couple shares their experience with an alternative construction project.
David and Carrie Chew stand in the wooden frame of their incomplete straw-bale house in 2022.
Courtesy David and Carrie Chew
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Checking in on the path of pandemic homebuying

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 10, 2023
Three real estate agents explain how their communities have changed.
The flow of out-of-state buyers into rural communities has not stopped, according to one Montana real estate agent.
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