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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.
The cheapest homes fared better in the housing crisis, but only in certain regions Which types of homes recovered their value best after the recession?More evidence from Raj Chetty: neighborhoods matter for economic mobility New evidence for an intuitive conclusion: getting kids out of poor neighborhoods improves their life chancesWhat's behind the decline in first-time homebuyers? First-time homebuyers drive the housing market in important ways. Why are fewer buying?Get more, spend less: How to support sustainable homeownership Insights on how "shared equity" can keep homeownership affordableLet's capture a more accurate picture of America's missing black men Accurately counting America's "missing" black men requires understanding the Census's undercountWhat if there were a step between renting and owning? A promising way to help lower-income people buy homes