Urban Wire

Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

The first step toward breaking the homelessness-jail cycle

People who experience chronic homelessness are often cited for public nuisances. If they are unable to show up to court, it can mean a cycle of arrests.

Why we created an open-source Social Security data tool

What's the difference between public data and open data? To be "open," data need to be easily accessible to as wide an audience as possible.

Income and Wealth

Explore our interactive tool for Social Security data

Search, obtain, visualize, and download data about the Social Security system, with an emphasis on the disability insurance program.

Inequality

Visualizing housing policy’s impact on inequality

The US needs a housing policy that assists individuals at all rungs of the income ladder. Two key levers are federal rental assistance and tax policy.