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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 power of young voices How living in segregated, low-income neighborhoods silences young people's voicesWeaving a more secure, connected web to help families thrive Making existing services work better to lower barriers to success for low-income communitiesStrong medicine: Using policing power with care Policing is a strong medicine, and we need to ensure that it does not cause more suffering than it cures.From protest to policy: evidence-based solutions for Baltimore and other US cities Urban Institute scholars respond to protestors' calls in Baltimore and elsewhere with blog posts offering concrete solutions and strategies for U.S. cities.Cory Booker and Freeman Hrabowski on improving the life chances of boys and men of color Senator Booker and Dr. Hrabowski on promising ideas to support boys and men of colorGinnie Mae should correct the glitch in first-time homebuyer data Why it's important to have accurate loan-level housing market data