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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.
Is principal reduction an effective way to modify troubled mortgages? At a recent Urban Institute seminar, panelists discussed their research on the costs and benefits of one of the more controversial mortgage modification techniques.Why it’s so challenging to measure housing discrimination against persons in wheelchairs The first national study of housing discrimination against wheelchair users was one of the most complex of any recent testing studies we've done.Multi-generational disadvantage requires multi-generational solutions For families that experience the damage and trauma that comes from living in the most distressed neighborhoods, traditional supportive services often fall short.Making data open for everyone Open data is not simply about putting more data on the Internet—that data needs to be useful and readable on platforms that everyone can use.Who is open data for in DC? The Urban Institute recently convened with Washington, DC leadership to discuss how the city can promote a culture of producing and using open data.A new way to spread the word about the importance of preventive care Nearly 900,000 people in the US die prematurely each year from the five leading causes of death, yet up to 40 percent of these deaths are preventable.
