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The US added more multifamily housing between 2021 and 2025 than any other time in the past 37 years, with downtown Brooklyn and Nashville leading the way.
The federal government’s role in minimum wage policy may be to take a backseat When evaluating Alexander Acosta, the new labor secretary nominee, should an increased federal minimum wage be a priority?How the Social Innovation Fund supports a culture of evaluation The Social Innovation Fund supports community-based organizations with evidence of success and encourages rigorous evaluation to assess effectiveness.Three tips for making data and research understandable for everyone The late Hans Rosling’s knack for presenting new information in relatable and humorous ways can be an important lesson for modern researchers.In deportation debate, don’t forget Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Asian American and Pacific Islander families could be affected by President Trump's immigration actions.Are gains in black homeownership history? Gains in black homeownership have been hard won, yet lately black homeownership rates have declined to levels not seen since the 1960s.Borrowers with less-than-perfect credit are giving up trying to get a mortgage A more accurate way of measuring mortgage denial rates confirms that it’s harder to get a mortgage today than it was before the housing crisis.