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Understanding more about young adults’ eligibility and participation in social safety net programs can inform efforts to support young adults during periods of instability.
We need better zoning data to address pressing housing and development issues How much do we know about zoning, its variations across the US, and the effectiveness of various reform options?The mortgage market is not meeting the needs of self-employed workers Self-employed households still earn more than salaried households, but they've been slower to recover from the 2008 crisis.The shutdown puts families depending on HUD assistance at risk of eviction The most risk is felt among people living in project-based rental assistance properties, for which 1,150 contracts have expired.“Public charge” could lead to fewer immigrants—and taxpayers—contributing to the US economy Immigrants and their children are expected to make up a greater share of our labor force in the coming decades.Greater transparency is still possible for single-party democracies in Africa Achieving transparency is a formidable challenge in some sub-Saharan African countries, a third of which have been ruled by a single party for several decades.
