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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Institutional investors’ scale and standardized processes could help expand capacity among nonprofits, small investors, and homeowners to rehabilitate and manage affordable single-family rental homes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This project seeks to inform efforts to improve the supply of infant and toddler ECE at the national and state levels through policy-relevant information for ECE administrators, technical assistance providers, and researchers.