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2. Lustron house - Wikipedia

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   Lustron houses are prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post- World War II era United States in response to the shortage of homes for returning G.I.s by Chicago industrialist and inventor Carl Strandlund. Considered low-maintenance and extremely durable, they were expected to attract modern families who might not have the time ...

3. Sears Modern Homes - Wikipedia

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   Sears Modern Homes were houses sold primarily through mail order catalog by Sears, Roebuck and Co., an American retailer. From 1908 to 1942, Sears sold more than 70,000 of these houses in North America, by the company's count. [1] Sears Modern Homes were purchased primarily by customers in East Coast and Midwest states, but have been located as ...

4. ‘We buy houses’ companies in Chicago - AOL

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   Sell My House Fast Chicagoland: This family-owned company buys homes in any condition all over the metro area. They make offers within 24 hours and can close in as little as seven days. We Buy ...

5. 5 Cities Where Homes Are Still Cheap - AOL

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   There are still places where you can find cheap homes. You might start with the 10 best cities to buy short. If you're bargain shopping for a home, don't be discouraged by the gigantic leaps home ...

6. Blockbusting - Wikipedia

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   They also profited from the commissions resulting from increased real estate sales and their higher-than-market financing of house sales to blacks. Methods. The term blockbusting might have originated in Chicago, Illinois, where real estate companies and building developers used agents provocateurs.

7. Robert Taylor Homes - Wikipedia

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   Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois from 1962 to 2007. The second largest housing project in the United States, it consisted of 28 virtually identical high-rises, set out in a linear plan for two miles (3 km), with the high-rises regularly configured in a horseshoe shape of three in each block.