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Roof blown off a home after Hurricane Sally

Climate, Disasters, and Environment

With Increasing Climate Disasters, Who Receives Assistance Matters

As disasters become more frequent, how can we help the most vulnerable households?

Children

Finding Solutions to Support Child Care during COVID-19

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the supply of child care, both in centers and in home-based settings.

Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Birmingham Has Begun to Address Long-Standing Inequities. What Can Other Cities Learn from Its Example?

Birmingham’s journey from segregated Southern city to the top quartile for racial inclusion offers an example of how other cities can track and measure inclusion.

Children

For Unemployed Parents, Child Care Remains a Question Mark

Child care assistance can support economic recovery and remove barriers lower-income families face when trying to reenter the labor force.

Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

Which Cities Became More (and Less) Racially and Economically Inclusive over the Past Few Years?

Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros

The Suburbs Aren’t Under Attack. They Can Be Places of Opportunity for All.

Suburbs are more racially and economically diverse than they have ever been in our country’s history.

Taxes and Budget

Local Budgets Are Desperate for College Football, but COVID-19 Is Blocking the Goal Line

If college football games are canceled or played without fans, the resulting loss of economic activity and the associated tax revenues for college towns will be devastating.

Housing activists gather to protest alleged tenant harassment by a landlord and call for cancellation of rent in the Crown Heights neighborhood on July 31, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York.

Housing and Housing Finance

Black and Hispanic Landlords Are Facing Great Financial Struggles because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. They Also Support Their Tenants at Higher Rates.

For landlords who are struggling to pay mortgages and are disproportionately people of color, additional policies could alleviate their financial burdens.

Children

Want to Understand What Child Care Programs Need during the Pandemic? These Five Survey Tips Could Help

These survey tips can help state and local leaders understand how child care programs and their staff are faring and what it will take to reopen and recover from the pandemic.

Housing and Housing Finance

The CDC Took an Important Step to Halt Evictions Because of COVID-19. But That’s Only Half the Battle.

The eviction moratorium offers a temporary reprieve, but rent payments will still pile up and be due down the line. That’s why large-scale federal rental assistance is critical.