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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Brief Advancing Student Access and Success
As the ACE-UP community of practice comes to an end, this brief builds on existing findings and highlights new approaches ACE-UP colleges are implementing to support their students.
Brief The Geographic Spread of Opportunity Zone Capital
Our analysis can help governors and other stakeholders understand how the OZ program is functioning in practice and can provide takeaways for governors looking to align future OZ designations with both investor interest and community need.
Research Report How Does the Federal Government Support Housing?
The federal government supports the US housing market through dozens of initiatives administered by several agencies—in total, spending hundreds of billions of dollars each year. These initiatives support over 15 million homeowning and renter households by subsidizing housing costs, reducing housing