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I got to sit down with the to talk about the nuances of #rentcontrol and how a city might design a rent control policy that maximizes benefits while minimizing harm. Hear what I and 9 other experts had to say:
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The Mass Shootings Where Stricter Gun Laws Might Have Made a Difference
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Free speech should not trump equity. Powerful words from my amazing sister in law
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In , & I argue that if the federal government wants more housing production, it needs to ask cities to:
—Show that their regulations *actually* produce more housing
—Address rules beyond base, by-right zoning
—Adjust policies for their unique housing markets
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The Biden administration’s housing plan will reward cities that change their land-use policies to promote density. But what kind of zoning reforms really work? trib.al/Zas1ELm
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A common argument used against affordable housing is that it lowers nearby property values. But is that true? We find the opposite in Alexandria, VA: urban.org/research/publi
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However, we cannot determine whether there are economic gains for pre-existing residents since we also find an increase in the number of adults with a college degree large enough to account for the increases in residents with jobs and wages and much of the decline in poverty.
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We find that after an NMTC project, an average of 18 new firms enter the neighborhood along with 101 new jobs and 27 more residents with jobs, as well as modestly higher incomes and a decline in neighborhood poverty rate of 0.7%.
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Check out our hot off the press article about New Markets Tax Credits and their impact on neighborhoods: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo
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Looking for an amazing job? We're hiring in Metro at Urban for research assistants (urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca), research analysts (urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca), principal research associates (urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca), and senior fellows (urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca)
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This is all a work in progress, so more to come as we move forward!
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Perhaps most importantly, we've released work analyzing how well aligned spending decisions are with community priorities, as well as suggestions for how cities can ensure that historically excluded populations are involved in these decisions:
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Today we released a fact sheet about promising policies and programs that Rochester could invest in to increase equity in the wake of the pandemic:
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We've released fact sheets explaining why we should care equity as we recover from the pandemic: urban.org/research/publi and fact sheets showing what funds are flowing into cities that can be used to promote such a recovery: urban.org/research/publi and urban.org/research/publi
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Over the past few months, we've been working with folks in Rochester, NY, Memphis, TN, and Chicago, IL to help them use federal recovery dollars to promote an inclusive and equitable recovery from COVID-19:
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Should the community reinvestment act consider race? YES!!
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This Christmas eve, I'm taking some time (while the kids are asleep) to read and think about our history as a nation, so as to feel renewed and energized to go out and whip out injustice in the new year. Today's most shocking passage (1998?!?!):
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King County metro is offering a great opportunity to use their data to answer questions of importance for policymakers and research. Multiple teams will get the same data and questions and use their own methods to answer them:
As we head into the holiday season, a reminder that poverty results from structural barriers, not personal choices. Push your leaders to make safety net programs reflect that fact: urbn.is/3djp6XZ via
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The in Rochester, New York is launching today to help ensure that the City's recovery from covid increases equity urbn.is/3DKmZGU via
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From , Rebecca Dedert, & : A coalition in Rochester, NY shows how local groups can encourage cities to promote an inclusive recovery urbn.is/2ZeGHvC
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Mini reunion in Puerto Rico! So wonderful to still have the support of these (and other) amazing fellows as we continue our fight for social justice and a culture of health
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Honored to testify before @WaysMeansCmte at 2pm today on #OpportunityZones. Follow live or catch the recording here: waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/he
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Tell me again how the next generation is supposed to afford to live where they can find work? This house down the street from me just went on the market for $1.6m. If ever there were a case for changes to our zoning laws to provide for multi-family housing.#affordablehousing
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Next up: we've used machine learning to create a new, cross city panel dataset on rent control and IZ reforms, and we'll use those data to estimate the impact of both on the supply of housing that is affordable using a new dataset that we're creating using census microdata
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We learned so much speaking with tenant advocates, landlords, developers, planners, and policymakers about rent control and IZ. Read what we learned in our new blog post (and linked briefs) here: urbn.is/3EJdRme via
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Treat, not trick. Thrilled to release major new eval of the . First 2 briefs look at EDA's programs and history. Lots of interest in the agency now w/ BBB. urban.org/eda
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A reminder to all local leaders deciding how to spend recovery dollars: "One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an antiracist." - Ibram X. Kendi, How to be an Antiracist
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“We need to be careful and make sure we’re preserving and developing affordable housing to allow households to remain in place. It’s important for the economy as a whole,”
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Crises push the creativity of leaders to try new, bolder initiatives.
In this post I explore a series of policies from abroad to protect small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis that could inform decisions in the US.
(Cover pic from Mérida, Yucatán)
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Buses are the most-used form of public transit, yet from 2010 to 2019, less than 8% of the money spent nationally on transportation went to bus lines, reports .
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The 30 percentage-point homeownership gap between Black and white households is wider today than it was in 1960, when explicit housing discrimination was still legal.
This is not ok!!
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It's really lovely to get to step back and appreciate that I work at an amazing place that pays me to do good in the world. Had a great time speaking to the amazing grad students at Pitt's masters of quantitative economics program today about career paths.
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Looking forward to speaking at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation webinar on Friday about how states and local governments can achieve an inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Sign up here:
surveymonkey.com/r/9VYXW5L
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Thanks to the amazing team on our cash transfer study for closing out enrollment today at 175 youth! It takes a lot of work to enroll youth into a study, and even more when it's all remote. Great work, team! Eva Anambo
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From 2015 to 2019, 58% of nonprofits experienced donation growth & 32% experienced stable donations—but fewer people of color-led organizations experienced donation growth. The latest findings from Nonprofit Trends and Impacts report: urbn.is/3uNDAWE
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