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Urban experts offer DC mayoral and council candidates insights on child care, public safety, housing, upward mobility, and more.

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As currently drafted, BUILD America 250 would likely reinforce the United States’ car dependence, depriving Americans of affordable travel options and degrading the environment.

We break down federal spending on some of the largest and longest-standing federal place-based programs from 2010 to 2024.

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AI tools are quickly becoming a “front door” to information, but the current versions have some clear limitations when it comes to pulling reliable insights from public data sources.

Spotlight on Housing

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Brief

How a National Housing Strategy Could Help Make Homeownership Possible

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In Conversation

Rethinking Federal Place‑Based Policy: What Comes Next?

A Call to Greater Ambition

We Invested in the Housing, but We Also Invested in the People

We Should Look at People Support from a Place-Based Perspective

There’s a Competition of Philosophies, and We’ve Been Losing That Competition

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Creating an Affordable Future for America

Center for Local Finance and Growth

Artificial Intelligence

Housing affordability and supply

Taxes and the Economy

Upward Mobility

Health Care Coverage, Costs, and Access

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We partner with state and local leaders to turn evidence into action.

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Timely data on Americans’ finances and the cost of basic needs by state and congressional district.

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What types of communities do nonprofit organizations serve? How much of a nonprofit’s funding comes from individual donations versus foundations or government? Who leads and works at nonprofits?

These are the types of questions the Nonprofit Trends Tracker can answer.

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Comprehensive data on the number of people eligible for major US safety net programs, how many of those eligible receive the benefits, and the extent to which receiving those benefits reduces poverty.

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