Jobs, health care, and housing -- all essential to US metros’ well-being and all squeezed by federal budget-cutting and economic pressures.
This week’s MetroTrends blog shows how federal policy debates are hitting the ground in urban communities across the country.
- Kim Reuben shows how federal, state, and local budget cutting help slow job growth.
- Barbara Ormond proposes ways to save money and lives by curbing the spread of infections in big-city hospitals.
- Margery Turner wonders if the deficit-reduction battle might redirect housing subsidies to people and places that need help, rather than suburban homeowners with jumbo mortgages.
- Zach McDade describes a community-driven response to the foreclosure crisis where national policies fall short.
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