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West Virginia’s July flash floods show how rural disasters bring distinct challenges that require tailored responses.
Good News for the Next Economic Downturn: Home Equity Use Is Low The $29.1 trillion value of the US housing market is at a historic high, but mortgage debt held by homeowners is stable.See Where Earnings Are Growing and Unemployment Is Lowest through Customizable Data Visualization Urban's updated State Economic Monitor shows the trajectory of state labor markets as they collapsed and recovered from the Great Recession.Health Care Companies Join the Effort to End Homelessness. How Can They Maximize Investments? UnitedHealth is betting that investments to support housing stability will lead to a reduction in high-cost medical services.Kenya’s Optimistic Revenue Forecasts Are Causing Problems, but Better Tools Can Help Kenya’s National Treasury has a track record of significantly overestimating revenues in the national budget.Understanding the Link between Residents’ and Cities’ Financial Health Urban researchers recently evaluated the cost to cities of residents’ unpaid public utility bills, unpaid property taxes, and evictions.‘Nonresponse Bias’ Could Explain the Census Bureau’s Finding on the Citizenship Question The Census Bureau found that the addition of a citizenship question to the census would have virtually no impact on self-response.
