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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
Many People Are Behind on Rent. How Much Do They Owe? Estimates of back rent owed by early 2021 range from $8.4 billion to $52.6 billion.More Housing Data Have Been Released During the Pandemic. Here’s How Policymakers Can Best Use It. By understanding new and existing housing market data, policymakers can support homeowners, renters, and landlords throughout the pandemic.Expanding Homeownership Vouchers Could Help Boost Black Homeownership and Wealth In many places, providing homeownership vouchers for current recipients could cost the government less than providing rental vouchers.New Data Show Stark Racial and Ethnic Differences in Young People’s Healthy Development Investing in expanding the evidence base to address structural inequality can help create real, lasting change and better outcomes for children.Expanding Medicaid in Additional States Could Improve Insurance Coverage and Access to Care among Young Adults in Low-Income Households To ensure more young adults are covered, policymakers could pursue three policy solutions.Our Nation Needs African American Museums to Restore Public Memory and Light the Way Forward African American museums are more than guardians of history and culture.