SEATTLE — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose. The 180-square-foot (17-square-meter) room is filled with an air ...

Tiny apartments are becoming more popular across the Midwest, and Cleveland is among the regional hot spots — though we're still far off the pace of dense, costly West Coast cities like San Francisco ...

Tiny homes are no longer just a West Coast thing — they're a Philly thing. Why it matters: Micro-housing now accounts for nearly 7% of the city's rentals, propelling Philadelphia into the conversation ...

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Cheyenne Welbourne is seen standing at his micro-apartment’s kitchenette in the Starlight affordable housing building that is run by Central City Concern, a Portland-based homeless services nonprofit, ...

Boarding houses that rented single rooms to low-income, blue-collar or temporary workers were prevalent across the U.S. in the early 1900s. SEATTLE — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family ...