Despite substantial government investment aimed at reducing health disparities, large differences in health persist across geographic and racial lines in the United States.…
Desegregation-focused housing policies aimed at reducing disparities in neighborhood conditions may also reduce disparities in health outcomes. This paper examines the…
Annual spending for improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes is expected to decrease at a moderate rate over the coming year, according to our latest Leading…
New York City is facing a crisis of homelessness. The client for this Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE), Robin Hood Foundation, wants to help address this crisis by investing in…
In New York City, families with children make up almost two-thirds of the more than 72,000 people who live in city-run homeless shelters. Since 2015, the city has been…
The volatility of the business cycle and an extreme shortage of housing were the twin problems of American economic life in the years following the First World War. Under the…
In the years immediately following the First World War, economists in industry, government, and academia came to perceive data as the antidote to the interrelated crises…
Piling on top of steep jumps over the past year, both mortgage interest rates and home prices rose again in mid-2023, further eroding affordability for homebuyers and leaving…
Despite the cooling housing market, inventories of existing homes for sale have barely budged from all-time lows experienced during the pandemic. As a result, homebuyers have…
Justin Kollar, Niko McGlashan, Sarah Williams
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September 7, 2023
The use of data in urban development is controversial because of the numerous examples showing its use to reinforce inequality rather than inclusion. From the development of…