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A woman and her four young children unload grocery bags around a kitchen island.
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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    Andrew Rumbach on LA’s recovery and reconstruction timeline one year after wildfires
    Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt since the Palisades and Eaton fires burned through Los Angeles one year ago, though hundreds more are expected to be completed later this year.
  • A man in a green t-shirt and a work apron covered in flour places a loaf of bread in a brown paper bag for a customer.
    Greg Acs discusses the “K-shaped economy”
    Gregory Acs, vice president for the tax and income supports division at the Urban Institute, spoke with NPR’s Morning Edition about how economic growth has diverged into two arms: those who are reaping the benefits of a record-breaking stock market, and everyone else.
  • An elderly man embraces an elderly woman as they look out a window, presumably in their home.
    Linna Zhu on housing instability among older Americans
    Linna Zhu, a housing finance policy expert at the Urban Institute, spoke with PBS affiliate WNPT about how high housing-cost burdens affect senior renters.
  • A group of students with backpacks strolls around a college campus as the sun comes up.
    Bryan Cook on higher education enrollment following the affirmative action ruling
    More than two years after the US Supreme Court’s decision to end race-conscious admissions policies at universities, how is higher education changing?
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    Yonah Freemark discusses how economic growth affects housing costs
    Yonah Freemark, a housing and urban development expert at the Urban Institute, spoke on Planet Money about how a city’s low cost of living can attract residents, but the subsequent economic growth can threaten that affordability:
  • A male nurse in blue scrubs helps an elderly woman with a pink metal walker sit on a sofa in her home.
    Jack Smalligan on potential changes to SSDI eligibility
    Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has helped people with disabilities and those who’ve had to stop working unexpectedly because of a disability maintain financial stability.