Governors will be selecting new OZs in July, and local leaders must lay the groundwork now to maximize the chances of attracting OZ investment that aligns with their communities’ needs. We explored what they should be thinking about for @Housing Matters: housingmatters.urban.org/articles/sha...

“High rates of chronic absenteeism in Tulsa Public Schools come from families who have been evicted from their homes.” oklahomawatch.org/2025/12/17/o... via @oklahomawatch.bsky.social #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

I know I'm a 1/2 decade late, but is Emily in Paris just a revisiting of Mad Men through a tech executive lens of "what women like"?

Love to see large scale spatial mobility data incorporated into the segregation literature!

We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.

The code changes passed last night, pushed through by Otto Beatty, who will be leaving council at the end of the year. columbusunderground.com/city-council...

My lungs, which I need to clear out monthly- are not surprised. 614now.com/2025/hot-top...

The impact to local communities will be large and negative. There are no beds, there are no places for folks to go if funding for permanent housing is pulled back www.urban.org/urban-wire/e...

Beautiful and informative new piece on how one organization is addressing affordability, health, and resilient rehab housingmatters.urban.org/articles/how...

Corporations are rolling out new AI tech that may technically comply with data privacy laws, but opens up new ways to control and exploit workers. Workers, researchers, and tech experts agree that we need a new generation of labor and tech protections: https://bit.ly/4oeGBKn

Seniors face particular peril when there is a lack of affordable housing. Read more:

There's another round of Trump tariffs coming - it's not gonna be good for an already-struggling housing market.

If premium tax credit enhancements expire, uninsurance will increase 21% overall, with the biggest increases in southern states that haven’t enacted ACA Medicaid expansions. (1/3) tinyurl.com/yhv9jxm3

There’s still time to register! Join Urban on 9/25 @ 5:30 p.m. ET for a hybrid event on preserving #housing wealth through estate planning and technology. Experts will share strategies and emerging #research. #LiveatUrban

If there's one piece of research that came out in the last year that I think all housers should read, it is probably this brief. *Affordable AND available* and the need for more income-restricted *deeply* affordable housing for those most vulnerable to housing instability, eviction, & homelessness.

📣 New Executive Action Tracker Update: EPA Announces Termination of $7 Billion in Grants to States, Tribes, and Territories to Bring Solar Energy to Low-Income Households www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

#SocialSecurity has supported millions for 90 years—but by 2033, it may not cover all benefits. A new Urban Wire post explores the #data and offers solutions to protect low-income Americans.

"...In recent years, the state has amped up both the carrot and the stick, passing laws to encourage development and to enforce its mandate. Towns and counties now have to pick a handful of ways to create denser, cheaper housing and report on their progress every year."

New fact sheet on Fair Chance laws - TLDR, there is immense variation in how jurisdictions are trying to open doors to housing for people with criminal records through fair chance approaches. For researchers - an opportunity to test how approach affects outcomes! www.urban.org/research/pub...

Looks like we won't have to wait until Phase 3 of Zone-In (2027 probably) to see action on ADUs, this is actually happening now:

Any housers who celebrate this bill are showing that they only care about their piece of the LIHTC industrial complex and not the people they purport to serve. My latest editorial for @shelterforce.bsky.social.

Great news - automatically sealing records is a great first step for more equitable tenant protections! Point of sealing or more legislation around tenant screening reports can help make these laws more impactful too! housingmatters.urban.org/articles/aut...

Data Rescue Project Portal is live!!!

So many cities and states are working hard to address their housing affordability crises. If Federal funds get pulled back - the momentum being built in new supply and rehab will slow at the same time as housing stability supports also dry up www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...

Today's #UIClaims data out from the Department of Labor (www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf) continue to show significantly higher continued unemployment insurance claims for federal workers than this time last year, up 45% for the week ending May 17 (compared to the same week last year). #EconSky @epi.org

New Study 🚨 Mobile home parks provide affordable housing for more than 20 million people in the US. But what happens when you experience an eviction in these kinds of homes?  We analyzed hundreds of thousands of records in Florida to find out. evictionlab.org/mobile-home...

via @CTopendata Responding to Federal Data Changes: Connecticut’s Path Forward | demography

I'm hoping to see more Apartment and Landlord associations mobilizing against the proposed cuts. The rent only eats first when families are actually eating. Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and the safety net will exacerbate the huge challenge of unaffordable housing and past-due rent.

Housing affordability is both income and housing supply. While we absolutely need more supply - the issue cannot be fixed without addressing the stagnant income growth for households with lower incomes over the last few decades www.cbpp.org/blog/our-res...

The current structure of opportunity zones makes it a costly program, but it isn't moving the needle on development overall, and especially not in rural places or regions with lower incomes and lower levels of existing investment. www.urban.org/urban-wire/o...

House GOP reconciliation would renew opportunity zone program, which GOP claims increases housing supply by giving investors tax breaks. But our research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that $100b in OZ tax breaks have not increased jobs or business—& concentrated spending in a few neighborhoods.

“Mortgage markets are now on the front lines of #climaterisk. Our modelling demonstrates that physical hazards are already eroding foundational assumptions of loan underwriting, property valuation and credit servicing — introducing systemic financial risk” - First Street

The GOP’s big bill—under consideration this week—would be an accelerator of inequality: It would reduce after-tax income for the poorest 20% of households by 10%, increase incomes for the wealthiest, and impose senseless work requirements for Medicaid, all while increasing the debt by $3 trillion.

How can #OpportunityZones achieve impact? As Congress evaluates an extension of the Opportunity Zone #tax incentive, Urban #research experts revisit the extensive body of evidence about the program’s achievements to date. Learn more in a new Urban Wire post.

Do you study labor and work? Check out our Columbia / Cornell junior scholar workshop call for proposals! Scholars who write in the field of work and labor in law, social science, or history are welcome to apply. politicaleconomy.columbia.edu/news/call-pa...

Maintaining housing affordability is a nation-wide concern, and the interest in Community Land Trusts (CLTs) is rising. Read more from Detroit:

For older adults, housing is their greatest expense. In 2021, over half of older renter households (56% or over four million households) were cost burdened, and more than 4 in 10 older renters had less than $1,000 in cash savings. @justiceinaging.org justiceinaging.org/the-importan...

You are invited to apply for an 8-week Solutions Sprint, Unlocked: Opening the Door to Housing Access Through Tenant Screening Protections. Informational Webinar: 5/9/25 1pm – 1:45pm ET Application Deadline: 6/9/25 by 11:59pm PT Sprint Timeline: 8 sessions; July–end of August 25 buff.ly/9vjgeuU

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

I was losing track of all the changes to FEMA, and decided to write them down. Hope it is useful, and please let me know what I've missed! open.substack.com/pub/andrewru...

Time is running out! Get those applications in now! This is a great opportunity to build a high-impact research portfolio.👇

Increasing upward mobility from #poverty in #communities requires strong collaboration. Learn how to build an effective cross-sector coalition with Urban’s #Toolkit for Increasing Upward Mobility. urbn.is/UMIToolkit2

1/ Rent control to stabilize LMI tenants; 2/ upzoning with a focus on adding dense housing near transit; 3/ new social housing, financed & governed in a diversity of ways (public developer, limited-equity co-ops, CLTs, etc); 4/ subsidized green upgrades for LMI homes.

ICYMI: Nearly 3 million children face eviction each year. What does that do to their education? Our researchers investigated the impact in our new study. 🎒 evictionlab.org/evic...

We are in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. Eliminating CDBG and HOME and cutting voucher and assistance programs will have disastrous impacts on affordable supply and stability for households and families. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Trump's budget would cut essential affordable housing programs by 44%, thus eliminate assistance for the nation's poorest households, plus kill homelessness grants & block grants for city infrastructure. bsky.app/profile/yona... Meanwhile, it would throw billions to Elon Musk's companies:

theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m... Ohio is being hit pretty hard by cuts and freezes. This map is a great resources for the geography of Federal cuts

Emerging data on rental ledgers and leases show landlords are charging numerous, required fees not necessarily itemized in lease terms. These raise base costs of rent and can create instability and housing cost burden housingmatters.urban.org/articles/ren...

The process for searching for affordable housing is long and arduous, in part because of the fragmented nature of the process. Housing advocates in PA are trying to change that. Read more about some of their successes.