In a recent post, I introduced an interactive dashboard that explores the relationship between party control of state government and a variety of well-being metrics at the state level. Of the seven metrics included in the dashboard, states with more years of Democratic control were associated with better outcomes on four of the metrics (Median […]
Put some trust (and money) in the Housing Trust Fund
The persistent shortage of affordable housing in the United States is a deep burden on millions of low and moderate-income households. The Housing Trust Fund is a powerful tool with unrealized potential for easing this burden and strengthening communities for decades to come. Affordability is the dominant public policy problem afflicting rental housing markets […]