Articles and analysis on today's issues

Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cause some DC-area families to lose an average of $187 in monthly benefits.
What will it take to fight zombie mortgages? The walking dead haunt the land of real estate finance.How NeighborWorks America’s programs help underserved borrowers get and keep their own homes If we want to maintain a healthy housing market, we need to find effective ways to help minority households become sustainable homeowners.Transforming housing, transforming lives? In No Simple Solutions: Transforming Public Housing in Chicago, Susan Popkin chronicles the effects of the largest-ever public housing redevelopment effort.#thisis2016: Why we need better data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Representation matters—and that’s especially true in research.Five things the federal government did to help end homelessness (and three things it might not get to do) How would terminating the US Interagency Council on Homelessness affect efforts to end homelessness? Here's what the evidence says.People and homes are aging quickly in our rural communities Over the next 15 years, US communities will see their populations grow. But in rural areas, the increase will be mostly elderly citizens.