Urban across the Country

Urban’s researchers partner with state and local leaders to provide the evidence, tools, and support they need to improve lives and strengthen communities. This work includes strategic advising to translate research into action, program evaluations to measure effectiveness, and research and data analysis to inform decisionmaking. Our experts develop custom data tools and modeling to support equitable resource allocation and lead community-engaged research and convenings to ensure policies reflect local priorities.

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Accessible, accurate, and timely data is a critical tool to help decisionmakers at the local, state, and federal levels; housing providers; and fair housing advocates allocate resources to invest in fair and affordable housing. The Urban Institute, with the National Fair Housing Alliance, has
Grantee Research Is It Possible to Measure Youth Social Networks Using Administrative Data?
This project team will test whether it is possible to create a scalable measure of youth social capital using educational administrative data. The researchers will field student-level surveys focusing on cross-class and cross-race ties in four diverse high schools in metropolitan Detroit. They will