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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.
A Streamlined Home Refinancing Program Would Lower Monthly Payments and Prevent Defaults Streamlined refinancing could reduce default risk among borrowers with low credit scores.Down Payment Assistance Focused on First-Generation Buyers Could Help Millions Access the Benefits of Homeownership Down payment assistance for first-generation buyers could reduce intergenerational wealth disparities.Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Begins to Address Concerns beyond Transportation but Only Meets Part of the Need Our nation’s economy is built on the infrastructure system being structurally sound, efficient in performance, and equitable in delivery and construction.How to Make Gainful Employment More Inclusive For gainful employment to work, it needs to cover all eligible programs.Community-Based Approaches Combined with National Policy Implications Represent the Future of Environmental Justice Research By taking a neighborhood-centric approach, researchers can better demonstrate the severity of exposure communities experience.