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The rise of buy now, pay later products, which often aren’t reported to credit bureaus, could affect borrowers’ ability to buy a home and sustain homeownership.
Child Support Enforcement can hurt black, low-income, noncustodial fathers and their kids Current enforcement methods can hinder fathers' ability to find work and save money, and failure to pay can lead to incarceration. That cycle hurts kids too.How much elder abuse occurs in the United States? We don’t know yet, but we’re getting there How old is an “elder,” and what constitutes “abuse”? Without uniform definitions across states, tallying national numbers is like comparing apples with oranges.Can we get ahead of neighborhood change in DC? At least 1,000 new residents arrive in DC each month. Home prices in some neighborhoods have risen 92 percent in five years. Can cities use data to keep development equitable?What the evidence says about ending the trafficking of women and girls The White House's summit on gender equality will include Justice Policy Center's Meredith Dank to discuss her rigorous study of underground commercial sex economies.School choice as an antipoverty strategy Too often, children in low-income families are limited to the schools in the high-poverty neighborhoods where their parents can afford to live.
