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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Public Comment Public Comment on Housing Production Targets
In response to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s request for public comment, I provide recommendations based on recent Urban Institute research on how the state should approach its design and implementation of housing production targets, as mandated by the “Housing
Brief Understanding Delinquency Patterns Across Consumer Debt Markets
There has been an increased focus on the “stressed consumer” increasingly missing payments on credit card debt, auto loan debt, and mortgage debt. We want to understand how delinquencies on these debt instruments have been behaved over time—in particular, to what degree they have been correlated.