New crime data just dropped (yesterday). It's your choice whether to believe these carefully collected statistics, or the unsubstantiated claims made by political hucksters. The numbers say: Crime fell last year, it fell by a lot, and it fell pretty much across the board.

📎 NEW academic working paper released today - ‘Decarbonising Heat: The Impact of Heat Pumps and a Time-of-Use Heat Pump Tariff on Energy Demand’ Key findings in 🧵 Full paper 🔗 cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4jqj… Summary 🔗 cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4jqj… #HeatPump #SmartTariff #ResearchPaper

“No single legislative action did more to contribute to housing creation than the elimination of parking minimums.” - Director of City Planning 📍 Minneapolis, MN

New: Nearly 40% of all affordable housing awards Larry Hogan approved as governor went to listed clients of his real estate firm, from which he did not divest. Hogan is the first governor in MD history to have made millions of dollars while in office. time.com/7081664/exclus…

Johns Hopkins University will launch a new effort to deepen the impact of its engagement, investments, and partnerships across Baltimore. bit.ly/3ZNbv31 Beth Blauer, the university's inaugural vice president for public impact initiatives, will lead this effort blending

On Tues, 7/15 join the ChicagoFed Economic Mobility Project for a virtual event, “Stormy Weather: Disaster Risk and the New Shape of Credit,” to learn more about Ralf Meisenzahl’s research and hear from a panel of experts: Nicole Elam (National Bankers Association), Mac McComas