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Housing and Housing Finance

Four lessons on federal crisis response from ten years of foreclosure counseling

The National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program helped 2.14 million homeowners after the crisis of 2008.
Housing and Housing Finance

Los Angeles County is taking steps to prevent discrimination against housing voucher holders

Of five sites studied by Urban, Los Angeles was the most challenging in which to find housing with a voucher.
Housing and Housing Finance

A five-point strategy for reducing the black homeownership gap

In the past 15 years, black homeownership rates have declined to levels not seen since the 1960s.
Housing and Housing Finance

How volunteers conduct a one-night survey to better gauge homelessness

Volunteering for the "Point-in-Time" count means spending the night talking to people who may be experiencing homelessness.
Education and Training

Five recommendations for agencies to best harness Trump’s executive order on AI

On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to ensure America's leadership in artificial intelligence.
Education and Training

Local responses to education funding formulas might force incremental change

Nearly all states allocate money to local school districts using an education funding formula.
Children

Nine tips for engaging home-based child care providers in research

As states roll out new training initiatives for home-based providers, they also seek to learn more about their goals and needs.
Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Three ways bikeshare can counteract, not reinforce, DC's disparities

Capital Bikeshare users have generated millions of rides, but use and station placement varies around the city.
Aging

A new bill aims to tackle Social Security’s financial problems

Most lawmakers agree that Social Security needs reform, as the program now spends more than it collects.
Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

“A Green New Deal” sets a high bar for environmental economic change and justice

The biggest change in the Green New Deal resolution is its explicit call-out of “systemic injustices.”

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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