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Combining dollar cutoffs with indexing changes fundamentally alters the structure and philosophy that have guided the Social Security program for the past 90 years.
Visualizing housing policy’s impact on inequality The US needs a housing policy that assists individuals at all rungs of the income ladder. Two key levers are federal rental assistance and tax policy.If Congress won’t fund improvements in housing vouchers, maybe private investors will If the program is successful, then the government pays the investors back, with interest. If the program fails, the government pays nothing.Do body cameras create more problems than they solve? Experts in our latest policy debate agree that the cameras could increase transparency and community trust, but the “silver bullet” is tarnishing.How to "stop" the next Katrina Katrina taught us that preparedness and mitigation are as important as response and recovery. But this acknowledgment brings up another set of needs.Housing policy hits the small screen: A policy recap of HBO’s ‘Show Me a Hero’ David Simon's new miniseries plays out in the 1980s, but the themes hold clear resonance to housing and community development issues of today.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.
