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Housing and Housing Finance

Three Ways Fintech Is Changing Homebuying—And Three Important Questions

Venture capital in real estate technology skyrocketed from $20 million in 2008 to $3.4 billion in 2017.
Race and Ethnicity

How Diverse Groups Produce Better Research: A Q&A with Jewel Mullen

Jewel Mullen is the associate dean for health equity at the Dell Medical School of the University of Texas at Austin.
Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

Children, Seniors, and Families Would Lose SNAP Benefits under a Trump Administration Proposal

A recent proposal would limit states’ ability to increase SNAP's income limits set at the federal level.
Immigrants and Immigration

Creative Financing Could Help Cities Like Portland, Maine, Integrate Asylum Seekers and Tackle Other Challenges

Several hundred asylum seekers—most fleeing violence in Central Africa—arrived in Portland, Maine over the summer.
Crime and Justice

Five Insights on Researching Violence against Women after 25 Years of VAWA

Twenty-five years ago, Congress nearly unanimously passed the Violence Against Women Act.
Housing and Housing Finance

How Debt Burden Affects FHA Mortgage Repayment, in Six Charts

Should the FHA tighten credit to lower the average debt-to-income ratio for its insured loans?
Education and Training

Endowments Won’t Solve College Affordability Problems

It’s easy to wonder why anyone has to pay tuition, given the size of some college endowments.
Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

How We Define “Middle Class” Has Broad Implications

A popular article highlighted stories from American families with incomes ranging from $75,000 to $400,000.
Children

How Will Children Fare in the Markup of the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill?

Funding levels for programs supporting our nation’s children will be decided in the Labor and Health and Human Services and Education bill.
Job Market and Labor Force

Now Hiring: Digital Literacy Skills Required

The most recent national data show that 67 percent of adults were not digitally literate in 2012.

The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

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The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

The decennial Census will gather the most complete picture of America of the past 10 years, but its accuracy is in jeopardy.

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Behind the Numbers at the Urban Institute

Structural Racism in America

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Structural Racism in America

Public policies, institutional practices, and cultural narratives perpetuate our country's racial inequalities. 

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