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Ensuring federal data and statistical agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics remain open, independent, and objective is essential to economic growth and prosperity.
Community Partnerships and Evaluations Are Key to Successful Federal Race and Ethnicity Data Collection Efforts Engaging with communities historically obscured by federal race and ethnicity data can ensure new data collection standards capture a more inclusive, accurate picture of diverse racial identities.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s New Pricing Is Not Punishing Those with Better Credit: Follow the Numbers Three figures underscore how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s pricing changes are getting conflated.How Public Housing Authorities Can Help Young People Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care Achieve Stability and Self-Sufficiency A few changes to the ways public housing authorities and Family Self-Sufficiency programs work can make them more effective.No, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Aren’t Penalizing People with Good Credit to Help People with Bad Credit Criticism over the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s recent pricing changes conflates two separate, largely unrelated moves on pricing.Expanding the Community Reinvestment Act at the State Level: What Do the Numbers Tell Us? Should states expand the Community Reinvestment Act to cover nonbanks? The data show the answer is nuanced.Changes to HUD Programs Could Help Prevent Housing Instability among Youth Who’ve Aged Out of Foster Care For the 20,000 young people aging out of foster care each year who are transitioning out of a support system and into the broader community, securing housing can be especially challenging.