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Opinion: Mom pays $1,000 a month for a garage

Sky-high rents in Silicon Valley are forcing parents into difficult living situations. CNN meets a woman who is raising her daughter in a single-car garage.

Senh: She seems to be making the best use of her limited space. My question is where is the dad? How is she paying rent if she's not working? She's pregnant with another child. Why did she decide to have another one when she's barely making it?

 

Maine man, 74, held in deaths of teenage tenants

Tenants Shot in Maine

A 74-year-old Maine man was charged in the shooting deaths of two tenants inside an apartment he rented out at his home, and detectives are investigating whether the violence is connected to a landlord-tenant dispute, state police said Sunday....

 

US consumer prices tick up as rental costs rise

Rising food costs and higher rents offset a drop in gas prices last month, leaving consumer prices only slightly higher in October compared with the previous month.

 

Four Men, Sharing Rent, and Friendship, for 18 Years

Four men, friends from New York University, have spent much of the last 18 years living together in low-rent spaces they found in New York City.

 

BofA tries turning distressed homeowners into renters

Mortgage-to-lease

Bank of America is testing a mortgage-to-lease program in four states. The idea: Instead of evicting homeowners who face foreclosure, it lets them stay as tenants and sells the homes to investors.

 

Rising rents may signal a housing market recovery

Renters are paying more because the foreclosure crisis is adding to their ranks, which increases demand for apartments.

 

Cities where buying is cheaper than renting

While it's cheaper to buy than to rent in most of America's big cities, access to mortgages is tough in the wake of tighter credit standards from banks.

 

U.S. Rents Rise, Vacancies Go Down

Apartment landlords continue to have the best of all worlds as rents go higher and vacancies fall.

 

Troubled home market creates generation of renters

A growing number of Americans can't afford a home or don't want to own one, a trend that's spawning a generation of renters and a rise in apartment construction.

 

Six Tips For Renting An Apartment

Six Tips For Renting An Apartment

Find out what you can do to find a fabulous apartment to fit your budget.

 

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