Author: NELLIE BOWLES / Source: New York Times EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — Adrian Bonilla lived in a shared house in this Silicon Valley town with his wife and two grandchildren until earlier this year, when the rent for their bedroom jumped to $1,200 from $900 a month. Mr. Bonilla attributed that

Since the early 1900s, millions of Americans have relied on trailers as a source of no-frills, affordable housing.  In fact, roughly 22 million Americans live in trailer parks today, but the industry is hardly the stable source of affordable housing that it used to be...a lesson that 73-year-old

Source: Atlas Obscura Taking home on the road has long been a popular pastime, and ever since the invention of the automobile Americans have been manufacturing recreational vehicles to do so, formerly called “house cars.” Some of the most important and interesting campers and motorhomes in the

Patrick Schmidt was unemployed and living in California when a used 1990 school bus changed his life. Schmidt, who goes by Skoolielove, bought the bus for 4,500 USD in March and then spent three months and 9,000 USD converting it into a motor home with his dad; then Schmidt left for a 10,000 mile