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As data centers see a surge in demand because of generative AI, Henrico County, Virginia, shows how local governments can turn the economic gains of this new industry into sustainable funding for affordable housing.
How Can Policymakers Ensure the Homeowner Assistance Fund Reaches People in Need? A combination of loss mitigation solutions and Homeowner Assistance Fund dollars will support a more robust recovery.How Can Policymakers Ensure the Homeowner Assistance Fund Reaches People in Need?Build Back Better Could Make Transformative Investments in Children for Years to Come The House-passed Build Back Better bill would make significant investments in programs supporting children.How Would Doubling the Pell Grant Expand Aid Eligibility? Doubling the maximum Pell grant award would substantially expand access to college funding, providing a large increase in grant funding for current recipients and increasing the number of eligible students.Benefit Cliffs Underscore the Need for a Stable, Accessible Social Safety Net Unpredictable benefit cliffs resulting from interactions between earnings, benefits, and taxes create challenges for parents trying to support their families.How Two-Generation Programs Can Advance Housing Stability Because children who grow up living in poverty are less likely to succeed economically as adults, cycles of poverty and housing instability can span generations. Two-generation programs can disrupt those cycles.California’s New Zoning Law Eases Building Restrictions but Depends on the Financing Industry to Play its Part Lifting legal roadblocks alone will not guarantee an influx of additional or affordable housing. Homeowners and small developers need access to the financing necessary to build new infill units.
