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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.
We’re not accurately assessing the Federal Housing Administration’s solvency News of a windfall in FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance fund this year sparked excitement—but the administration’s assessment of the fund is misleading.Neighborhood success needs citywide commitment The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative showed early progress in the first five cities, but more so when city leadership was engaged in the transformation.The link between land-use restriction and growing inequality The country’s most productive cities often have the most restrictive zoning—making it hard for low-income residents to move to areas of opportunity.Would two year budgeting help break the fiscal impasse? The House Budget Committee on Wednesday asked Urban Institute fellow Rudy Penner to testify on the potential reform.What happens when communities develop their own programs and policies? Because the community was invested in the research, we received better data. Because we had better data, we co-designed a better program.If we had a more equitable DC… What would it mean if the District of Columbia was more equitable and the residents east of the Anacostia River could participate, prosper, and reach their full potential in DC?
