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A housing start-up hopes to save the American dream

Plus local experiments and policy reforms

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Halina Bennet
Jan 28, 2026
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Modern townhouses could help improve the housing crisis. (Photo by Jesse Thompson)

After years of reading each other’s work and debating America’s housing crisis online, four men who met through housing Twitter decided it was time to stop writing and start building. Today marks the official launch of the American Housing Corporation, a start-up based in…

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