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Greg Acs, vice president for the Tax and Income Supports Division at the Urban Institute, spoke with Virginia Public Media about the risks of addressing affordability in a zero-sum context that focuses on who bears the short-term costs of a policy instead of its potential for growth.
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    Laurie Goodman on large corporate investors in the rental market
    Laurie Goodman, an Institute fellow and housing finance expert at the Urban Institute, spoke with The Atlantic about renters disadvantages when compared with homeowners and large institutional investors’ capacity.
  • A helicopter carrying a helicopter bucket of water is silhouetted against a sunset and plumes of smoke, with a wildfire burning a forest below.
    Andrew Rumbach discusses uncertainty around disaster preparedness funding
    Following the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s reinstatement of the largest federal grant program for disaster preparedness, increased competition and delays have left hundreds of small towns nationwide awaiting funds that Congress has already appropriated.
  • A young mother reclined in a hospital bed smiles down at her baby, as a person in the background adjusts medical equipment.
    Matthew Buettgens on projected Medicaid coverage losses under OBBBA
    Because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s new work requirements and more-frequent redeterminations for Medicaid—and their associated administrative burdens—many are projected to lose health coverage.
  • A young child of color sits on the examiniation table in a doctor's office as a female doctor takes her vitals while her mother smiles at her daughter.
    Elaine Maag discusses tax season spending trends
    Internal Revenue Service data show refunds have been 10 percent larger on average this tax season.
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    Aniket Mehrotra on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
    An overwhelming Senate majority voted to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which aims to make homes more affordable at a time when homeownership is increasingly out of reach for many.
  • An elder Indigenous woman wearing beaded earrings and a colorful lanyard with many keys and , helps a person working at a computer in a shared space, perhaps a library.
    Tomi Rajninger and Gabe Samuels on Native community broadband access
    Tomi Rajninger and Gabe Samuels, coauthors on a recent Urban Institute report examining tribal broadband access, spoke with Boise State Public Radio about how physical remoteness, a history of displacement, and inaccurate federal broadband maps have led to less-reliable access to high-speed internet for tribal communities.