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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.
How to expand opportunity through a better TANF program To better help families climb the ladder of opportunity, federal TANF performance measures should give states incentives to take a balanced approach to promoting work, family economic stability, and child well-being.Why I chose not to endorse the Bipartisan Policy Center Commission’s retirement security report Under the center's proposed reforms, workers who experience the greatest challenges in the labor market could still face financial insecurity in retirement.If we aren’t careful with GSE risk transfer, mortgage rates could become volatile Regulators have reduced taxpayers’ exposure to the mortgage credit risk by selling more and more of that risk to private investors. But we can’t get too complacent with that solution.Financial security and longevity go hand in hand Americans may be living longer and healthier lives, but financial health in later years has become more and more uncertain.Cities can drive good jobs with better information The public doesn’t always connect companies with low-wage business models to safety-net costs. But greater awareness about these trade-offs can shape consumer opinions and behaviors.Tax credits could reduce poverty even more—by including workers without children at home Expanding the EITC to include more childless workers, or creating a worker credit for all low-income workers, could be powerful antipoverty tools for many workers left behind in the current system.
