Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center

  • Understanding the Twin Cities’ Black-white homeownership gap

    The widening Black-white homeownership gap in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region is the largest of any US metropolitan area.

    https://www.urban.org/research/publication/who-owns-twin-cities
  • The benefits of adopting universal housing vouchers

    Urban’s Mary Cunningham testified before a congressional committee, laying out recommendations for expanding the Housing Choice Voucher Program and aligning this expansion with a broader housing strategy.

    https://www.urban.org/research/publication/ending-homelessness-reducing-poverty-advancing-racial-equity-and-economic-opportunity-adopting-universal-housing-vouchers
  • Gauging Investment Patterns across the US

    How much capital is flowing to your city, county, or state, and how evenly is it distributed across neighborhoods?

    https://apps.urban.org/features/capital-investment-flows/

Major Publications

Urban Wire Post
Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Throughout History, the US Failed to Integrate Transportation and Land Use. It’s Still Hindering Policymaking Today.

Yonah Freemark
May 17, 2021
Urban Wire Post
Climate, Disasters, and Environment

Nine Principles to Inform Federal Climate Displacement Policy

Carlos Martín
May 20, 2021
Research Report
Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Embedding Equity into Placemaking

Mark Treskon, Kimberly Burrowes, Olivia Arena
May 18, 2021
Brief
Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Using Art to Promote a Healthy Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mark Treskon, Ananya Hariharan
May 27, 2021
Research Report
Climate, Disasters, and Environment

Equitable Investments in Resilience

Anne Junod, Carlos Martín, Rebecca Marx, Amy Rogin
June 1, 2021
Urban Wire Post
Housing and Housing Finance

More Than 50 Years after the Fair Housing Act, More Action Is Needed to Address Housing Discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Diane K. Levy, Claudia Aranda
April 30, 2021

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