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The rise of buy now, pay later products, which often aren’t reported to credit bureaus, could affect borrowers’ ability to buy a home and sustain homeownership.
Private Foundations Can Use Their Endowments to Advance Racial Equity With so much money in their endowments, private foundations are well positioned to use mission-related investments to advance racial justice goals.Four Ways to Help Young People with Foster Care Experience Afford College Evidence shows young people with foster care experience who receive an Education and Training Voucher are more likely to enroll in four-year schools and graduate from college, but without changes that break down barriers to access and increase funding, the program can’t realize its full potential.The “Real” Homeownership Gap between Today’s Young Adults and Past Generations Is Much Larger Than You Think Economic constraints, lack of affordability, and lower marriage rates are affecting how many young adults can become homeowners.How New Investment in Repurposed Infrastructure Can Produce Good Jobs for Residents of Disinvested Communities For cities pursuing infrastructure reuse projects using newly available federal funding, the Five-City Equitable Workforce Development Program offers best practices at both individual and systemic levels.States Cannot Rely on School Resource Officers to Stop School Shootings After school shootings, policymakers often advocate for putting more armed guards in schools, but research shows that other approaches are much more effective.Three Reasons Mom-and-Pop Landlords Stayed Resilient during the Pandemic Greater protection against economic shocks, rising rents, and other economic factors allowed mom-and-pop landlords to defy expectations and expand their market presence during the pandemic.
