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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
Labor force growth increasingly depends on immigrants and their children Investing in the education of the children of immigrants will pay off in the long run as these workers play a prominent—and needed—role in our labor force.Do we have a generation stuck in starter homes? What happened to repeat homebuyers: the families who lived in their starter homes for a few years and are ready to buy a different, usually larger/more expensive home?Debates over Clean Power Plan divert from the actions that are already happening Low-income communities are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.Can behavioral science help voucher families reach better neighborhoods? Voucher holders face several obstacles to moving to low-poverty areas: moving is expensive, program rules are complicated, affordable units are scarce, opportunity-rich neighborhoods may be unfamiliar, and discrimination against voucher holders is legal in most jurisdictions.Moving to Work, staying in your lane The expansion of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Moving to Work Demonstration will allow more public housing authorities to test innovative strategies for supporting residents.How can we better serve urban refugees? The world is in the midst of a historic refugee crisis. In 2015, over 65 million people were forcibly displaced—19.5 million of them international refugees living outside their home countries.
