Emily Peiffer
Urban Institute
Washington, DC, United States
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The Promise and Pitfalls of the Washington, DC, Region’s Strong Capital Flows
In this analysis, we look at investment patterns in Washington, DC, and its surrounding suburbs, exploring both how capital flows compare with other places across the US and how investment is distributed within the region. → Read More
Exploring Capital Flows in Chicago
Like many cities across the US, Chicago has been facing an economic whiplash over the past decade. After the Great Recession, investment growth in the city rebounded in subsequent years only to stall and reverse during the pandemic-related economic downturn. → Read More
Policing Doesn’t End Homelessness. Supportive Housing Does.
Police don’t solve homelessness, they only move it around—to other neighborhoods, jails, and emergency rooms—rather than connecting people with the housing and services they need. What would it take to actually end homelessness for people living on the street? → Read More
How Racially Representative Is Your College?
A college degree can improve a person’s job prospects, wages, and quality of life, but not everyone has equal access to higher education. → Read More
State Economic Monitor
Track and analyze economic and fiscal trends at the state level. → Read More
State Economic Monitor
The State Economic Monitor, created by the Urban Institute’s State and Local Finance Initiative, tracks and analyzes economic and fiscal trends at the state level. Its interactive graphics highlight differences across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in employment, earnings, housing, and state GDP. → Read More
Segregated from the Start
Children’s first learning experiences set the tone for the rest of their lives, in school and beyond. That’s why early childhood education (ECE)—which enrolls nearly half of infants and toddlers and three-quarters of preschoolers—has become a focus for public investment designed to promote educational equity and give children a strong start. But little attention has been paid to the racial and… → Read More
2020 Census: Who's At Risk of Being Miscounted?
Who’s At Risk of Being Miscounted? → Read More
2020 Census: Who's At Risk of Being Miscounted?
Who’s At Risk of Being Miscounted? → Read More
2020 Census: Who's At Risk of Being Miscounted?
Who’s At Risk of Being Miscounted? → Read More
Exploring Alternatives to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
We analyzed over 9,000 plans to calculate the change in revenue for the federal government and the change in taxpayers’ after-tax income. → Read More
Bouncing forward: An interview with Dr. Atyia Martin about equity, resilience, and climate change
The former chief resilience officer for the City of Boston discusses how to embed equity into the resilience discussion and cultivate meaningful community engagement. → Read More
How can local leaders harness technology and data to improve access to opportunity?
Understanding both the opportunities and challenges created by technological advancements is critical to ensuring these changes don't leave some people behind. → Read More
The 2020 Census is complex, vulnerable, and vital to our democracy
Orchestrating a census of more than 300 million people requires 10 years of significant preparation, funding, and labor. → Read More
Community Development Financial Flows
This dashboard includes investment data for 10 federally supported programs at the county-level: HUD HOME awards, low-income housing tax credit allocations; HUD Choice Neighborhood awards; Capital Magnet Fund awards; CDFI lending activity compiled from three different sources (CDFI Fund transaction-level report data, Opportunity Finance Network data, and an analysis of CoreLogic data) that we… → Read More
Dispelling three manufacturing employment myths
Manufacturing's declining share of the US workforce from 1960 to 2015 is tied to many misleading myths and opinions. → Read More
What does it mean for SNAP to remove people from poverty?
A recent Urban Institute analysis found that SNAP removed 8.4 million people from poverty in 2015. → Read More
California’s devastating wildfires reveal how urban sprawl can endanger communities
Wayne Vroman discusses how trends in regional development can affect the future of wildfire preparedness. → Read More
Still learning: What Hurricanes Harvey and Irma reveal about US disaster policy
A Q&A with Carlos Martin, who says the past weeks highlight our need to improve disaster mitigation and resilience planning. → Read More
How to solve America’s rental crisis as “worst case housing needs” grow
A new report found that 8.3 million low-income households paid more than half their monthly income on rent or lived in severely substandard housing in 2015. → Read More