🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

This👉 "the cumulative effect of blocking, delaying, or downsizing affordable housing projects is the same: poor and working-class people, often people of color, end up being priced out of our communities." petworthnews.org/blog/cm-lewis-…

This Fact sheet summarizes recent research on the costs of gun violence to communities and how violence may affect the DC economy. greaterdc.urban.org/publication/ec…

New toolkit from Urban Institute highlights how local government agencies and researchers can collaborate with community residents as fellow experts. urban.org/urban-wire/shi…

What do new ward boundaries and changing demographics mean for political representation in DC? A new Urban-Greater DC blog explores these questions. greaterdc.urban.org/blog/dcs-popul…

Please join us 12/16 at 12p EST for a conversation on how to engage communities in equitable development and participatory budgeting. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New Urban Institute report: Learn how DC gov and nonprofit service providers have been collaborating to prevent evictions. greaterdc.urban.org/publication/co…

The Regional Fair Housing Plan is now available for public comment. Elected officials, community leaders, and advocates are sharing why they care about fair housing. Read the plan/submit your feedback: mwcog.org/fairhousingplan

Baby bonds proposals have passed in DC and other places around the country. Universal eligibility, financial progressivity, and other features can help baby bonds deliver on the promise of reducing racial wealth inequities. greaterdc.urban.org/publication/st…

Research from Urban Institute shows that the share of home purchase mortgages going to Black homebuyers in communities east of the Anacostia River in DC is declining and suggests 4 ways to improve the situation. greaterdc.urban.org/publication/ho…

How to promote inclusion and flexibility in DC’s Child Trust Fund. Madeline Brown's testimony before the DC Council. greaterdc.urban.org/publication/te…

New Urban Institute feature looks at capital flows in the Washington DC region's jurisdictions, compared with other counties in the US. Overall, region attracts a lot of investment but it isn't distributed equitably. apps.urban.org/features/capit…

The Advancing Early Education Collaborative is working to boost prospects for Black & Latina women from DC's wards 7 and 8 in the early education field. An Urban Institute report looks at the first year of this initiative suppported by a J.P. Morgan grant. greaterdc.urban.org/publication/ad…

Successful transitions from high school to college and career are key goals of Promise Neighborhoods. This new brief looks at how data can be used more effectively to support postsecondary success. promiseneighborhoods.ed.gov/resources/expa…

Promise Neighborhoods' cradle to career supports often start with a focus on high-quality early education. This new brief provides a framework to support Promise Neighborhoods in preparing young children for school in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. promiseneighborhoods.ed.gov/resources/thre…

COVID-19 had a negative effect on US life expectancy but the rates relative to peer countries were bad before that, and continue to decline. Laudan Aron & @shwoolf share why (via The Washington Post) urbn.is/42j9Ksj

A few policy changes to DC’s new bus lane camera enforcement program could help prevent inequitable outcomes & bolster public trust urbn.is/3N03Kix

Today Urban released our final report on the Purple Line Collaborative, summarizing 3 years of efforts by partners to preserve affordable housing and small businesses along the corridor. urban.org/research/publi…

For Hispanic Heritage Month, Dr. Luisa Godinez-Puig and Paige Sonoda spoke with Barbara Martínez at Heartland Alliance to better uplift & understand the barriers Latinos face when trying to insert themselves in the financial system. urbn.is/3LCZsh5

Lessons from California on getting better wages for fast food workers. urban.org/urban-wire/cal…

Measure4Change is launching a two-day training for new and emerging nonprofit staff in the DC-Maryland-Virginia Metropolitan Area, who are hoping to build their skills in measurement and evaluation work! Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/49cZIx6