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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Research Report Tangled Titles, Estate Planning, and the Digital Divide
Heirs’ property—created when a home is passed down without a clear and legal transfer of the title—poses a threat to wealth preservation. Without a will or estate plan, ownership can become unclear and heighten the risk of “tangled titles.” This form of unclear ownership can lock families and
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This brief provides updated estimates on the reductions in health care spending and increases in uncompensated care associated with allowing the enhanced PTCs to expire. We also estimate the changes in spending and uncompensated care associated with the expiration of the enhanced PTCs at the state
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Trees can cool the air up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, making the difference between a livable summer and a dangerously hot one.
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As district leaders face the uncertainty posed by these vastly different proposals and other downstream changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill, this data tool allows users to see how changes to federal grant programs funded under the Every Student Succeeds Act could filter down to districts.
Brief A Perfect Storm of Rising Costs Threatens America’s Housing Market
This brief provides a case study of one housing market that many markets across the country can examine. The pressures on households, real estate and insurance markets, and state and local governments are playing out in cities, rural areas, and suburbs across America. Harris County, Texas, is a
Brief Challenges of Choice in Medicare
To explore how agents and brokers may influence Medicare enrollment and identify any gaps in oversight of agents, brokers, and marketers, we conducted a literature review and interviewed 19 representatives from agent and broker trade associations, field marketing organizations, agencies and
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Seniors deciding to stay in larger homes may be contributing to the national housing shortage.