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How Can We Reduce Housing Instability among LGBTQ Americans?

Housing instability among LGBTQ Americans ranges from discrimination to homelessness.
Housing and Housing Finance

If FHA Wants to Bring Lenders Back, It Will Need to Clarify Their False Claims Act Liability

The Federal Housing Administration recently announced changes to clarify how it would enforce its underwriting rules.
Housing and Housing Finance

Newest Housing Data Indicate We Likely Aren’t in a Housing Bubble

The current demand for houses is largely driven by families seeking to purchase homes.
Housing and Housing Finance

Driving Innovation in Homebuilding to Address Housing’s Biggest Challenges

Industry segmentation is one of the biggest barriers to innovation in homebuilding.
Housing and Housing Finance

American Seniors Prefer to “Age in Place”—But What’s the Right Place?

As more Americans near retirement, they’re grappling with where they should live as they grow older.
Housing and Housing Finance

The FHA Can Improve its Reverse Mortgage Program by Changing Servicing Protocol

The FHA's Home Equity Conversation Mortgage program helps seniors tap into their housing wealth to help pay for living expenses.
Housing and Housing Finance

Supportive Housing Can Help Keep Families Together

What if providing housing could prevent out-of-home placements to foster care?
Housing and Housing Finance

Five Strategies to Help America’s Renters

Many 2020 presidential candidates have introduced legislation to tackle the affordable housing crisis.
Housing and Housing Finance

Curtailing Data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Is a Mistake

A recently proposed rule threatens to substantially curtail the availability of mortgage data.
Housing and Housing Finance

Five Ways the HEARTH Act Changed Homelessness Assistance

The HEARTH Act accelerated the shift from shelter to Housing First.

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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Structural Racism in America

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

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