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Between 2020 and 2025, four Texas metropolitan areas—Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio—accounted for 13.3 percent of total US housing supply growth.
Young Parents Balancing Work and Education Face Unique Challenges Ensuring their Children’s Well-Bein Research shows that child care is a key factor in parents’ ability to balance work and education.Not Every Household Feels Relief amid Our Record-Low National Household Debt Service Ratio Today's low debt service ratio partly reflects the difficulties some would-be homeowners are having qualifying for a mortgage.Public Workers Not Covered by Social Security Face Greater Burdens in Financing Retirement Lawmakers in dozens of states have reduced pension benefits for workers including firefighters and teachers.How Atlanta’s Local Workforce System Helps Job Seekers Find Sustainable Employment A recent episode of Urban’s podcast, Critical Value, explores Atlanta's local workforce system.Four Ways Technology Is Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis Brian Brooks recently outlined how the tech sector is addressing the housing sector’s supply and demand mismatch.Good News for the Next Economic Downturn: Home Equity Use Is Low The $29.1 trillion value of the US housing market is at a historic high, but mortgage debt held by homeowners is stable.