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Reforms to the child tax credit, capital gains tax, and other policies could make the federal income tax system a more powerful tool to advance racial equity. 

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As the affordable housing crisis worsens, policymakers looking to support young homebuyers could offer tax credits for first-time homebuyers and reform zoning laws to allow for increased density.
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Women of color experiencing homelessness as individuals are a growing population, but policy and program changes could help them exit homelessness and access permanent housing.
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US schools have become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past few decades, but changes have played out differently across the country.
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Many rural areas designated as community disaster resilience zones are also more likely to be home to people of color, meaning federal agencies will need to tailor funding and assistance to avoid exacerbating racial and geographic inequities.
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Army veteran Reggie Austin sits in his apartment looking at some paperwork at the newly-opened Tunnel to Towers Veterans Village
Misconceptions about Housing First ignore decades of evidence of its effectiveness. To end homelessness, policymakers should invest in evidence-backed solutions, such as permanent supportive housing.
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Spatial Equity Data Tool Illustration
This tool can help government agencies, policymakers, and community advocates assess demographic and spatial disparities in their data.
An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire October 21, 2019 in Paradise, California
Three things climate migration researchers, planners, and funders need to know to meet climate migrants’ diverse needs and prepare communities to receive them.
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Father reading to baby as mother is on the computer.
Reforms to the child tax credit, capital gains tax, and other policies could make the federal income tax system a more powerful tool to advance racial equity.
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Bottles of BUPRENORPHINE
Explore how to get buprenorphine and methadone to more Michigan and New Jersey residents with opioid use disorder.