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  • Will small businesses survive the pandemic?

    Despite the pandemic’s hit to sales, small businesses aren’t experiencing dramatically higher delinquencies. But will that trend last?

    https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/despite-pandemics-hit-sales-small-businesses-arent-experiencing-dramatically-higher-delinquencies-will-trend-last
  • How Cash Infusions Can Prevent Evictions for Families Most Affected by COVID-19

    The THRIVE East of the River partnership in Washington, DC, provided lifelines to vulnerable households by taking care of their basic housing needs.

    https://greaterdc.urban.org/blog/how-cash-infusions-can-prevent-evictions-families-most-affected-covid-19
  • How Communities Can Ensure COVID Vaccines Reach People Experiencing Homelessness

    It’s critical for communities to create a vaccination plan to reach all people experiencing homelessness—and not just people in shelters.

    https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/five-ways-communities-can-ensure-covid-19-vaccines-reach-people-experiencing-homelessness

Major Publications

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Climate, Disasters, and Environment

Winter Storm Uri’s Impacts on Houston Neighborhoods Show Why It’s Urgent to Build Equity into Climate Resilience

Sonia Torres Rodríguez, Fay Walker, Carlos Martín
March 10, 2021
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Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

“Learn to Code” Won’t Cut It: How Planners Can Ensure Energy Transitions Won’t Leave Coal Country Behind

Anne Junod
March 3, 2021
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Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Love Your Block Gives Cities a Leg Up in COVID-19 Response

Matthew Gerken, Leiha Edmonds
March 8, 2021
Research Report
Immigrants and Immigration

Supporting Latino and Immigrant Entrepreneurs in a Time of Crisis

Brett Theodos, Jorge González-Hermoso, Jein Park
February 24, 2021
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Housing and Housing Finance

Facing the Facts About Housing Injustice Will Help Pave the Way to Racial Equity

Margery Austin Turner, Solomon Greene, Martha M. Galvez
January 26, 2021
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Climate, Disasters, and Environment

Why Does Disaster Recovery Take So Long? Five Facts about Federal Housing Aid after Disasters

Daniel Teles, Carlos Martín
January 25, 2021

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