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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.
Three Obstacles Federally Assisted Housing Programs Need to Overcome to Better Serve Residents with Disabilities Advancing disability equity in federally assisted housing requires adequate resources and an inclusive approach.Aligning Federal Investments in Transportation with Land-Use Planning Could Create More Equitable and Sustainable Communities If policymakers want to prioritize equity and sustainability, they should ensure future investments in transportation align with land-use planning of the surrounding areas.Three Ways to Support Homeowners in Distress Instead of Cutting Monthly Mortgage Payments Instead of pursuing the politically popular across-the-board monthly mortgage insurance premium cut, policymakers can enact these three policy solutions to reduce the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund surplus and help homebuyers build wealth.Why US Cities Are Investing in Safer, More-Connected Cycling Infrastructure As more cities invest in well-connected and safe cycling infrastructure, more people can feel secure when biking, which can create more access to social and health benefits.How Place-Based Special Purpose Credit Programs Can Reduce the Racial Homeownership Gap By targeting areas based on racial composition, mortgage financing programs could unwind the impacts of decades of racial and spatial disinvestment.In Chicago, Neighborhoods Have Stark Differences in Economic Opportunity New Urban research shows that, at the local level, neighborhoods in northeast Chicago hold more wealth than neighborhoods in the south and west, which hold little or negative wealth.
