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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
Without linking recovery to communities’ long-term goals, disasters will keep getting worse Reforms to federal disaster response programs have not sufficiently prepared the nation for what is to come.Five ways Charlotte, North Carolina, deepened its understanding of its eviction crisis In North Carolina, a cross-sector partnership took steps to better understand how evictions affect their community.Poor job opportunities are a problem both in and out of prison Incarcerated people around the country are refusing to work or eat in protest of low wages in America’s prisons.Robocall laws can interfere with important mortgage borrower communications Successful mortgage servicing depends on smooth communication between mortgage servicers and borrowers.Proposed GSE capital requirements would better protect taxpayers, but some questions remain Since entering conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have not been subject to regulations on how much capital they must maintain.The 2020 Census is complex, vulnerable, and vital to our democracy Orchestrating a census of more than 300 million people requires 10 years of significant preparation, funding, and labor.