The people profiled in the article are not clinging to their condo because they can't afford a "regular home". They already bought a house, they just had two properties:
> In 2004, right before they had children, they moved out and into a house four miles away, so their twins could grow up with a backyard. But they always planned to return to the condo so they held onto it, renting to a trusted tenant and looking forward to retirement there.
Where's the article about how people who own two residences are depriving people with no residences?