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As lawmakers develop legal frameworks for AI, they need a clearer understanding of how AI preemption—federal and state law overriding lower level AI rules—affects public interest and community well-being.
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act puts affordable housing production at risk As rents rise and incomes stagnate, changes in the LIHTC program’s production could have serious consequences for the communities dependent on it.The state of millennial homeownership If the homeownership rate for millennials had stayed the same as previous generations, there would be about 3.4 million more homeowners today.Census 2020: Ensuring “hard-to-count” Asian Americans count at the federal, state, and local levels Decisions to disaggregate data or not—and the funding allocations required to make that possible—have real consequences for underserved populations.Years of tightening immigration enforcement paved the way to “zero tolerance” Immigrant families who cross the border are now targeted by federal criminal law, rather than the civil immigration system.More mortgages for manufactured homes could mean more affordable housing Most manufactured homebuyers use chattel loans rather than more affordable mortgage loans to finance their purchase.Equity in innovation: Four principles to ensure the benefits of technological advancements are broadly shared Tech innovations can often exacerbate the economic and racial inequities plaguing many US communities.
