This City Has a Secret to Building Cheaper Houses

Not so long ago, the house that Laurel Moffat owns in Portland, Oregon, would have been illegal.

Moffat's 900-square-foot space is part of a duplex, sharing a wall with another home. And the two homes are both in the backyard of an older house.

"I'd been looking on and off for three years. I was frustrated. Homes in Portland are really expensive," said Moffat, 30, a health policy analyst for the state of Oregon.

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