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Greg Acs, vice president for the Tax and Income Supports Division at the Urban Institute, spoke with Virginia Public Media about the risks of addressing affordability in a zero-sum context that focuses on who bears the short-term costs of a policy instead of its potential for growth.
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    Margot Crandall-Hollick on changes to the child tax credit
    Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the child tax credit maximum has been increased from $2,000 to $2,200, meaning some families may receive a bigger refund this tax season. However, the $2,500 earnings minimum and $1,700 refund cap means many low-income families won’t receive the full credit.
  • A young woman in a business-casual outfit holds a coffee mug, looking out a window to her right, standing in front of her desk, which features plenty of evidence of productivity: a calendar, a stack of books, motivational quotes, a desk top, a laptop, and even a backup cup of coffee.
    Brett Theodos and Brady Meixell on income changes the past 50 years
    Median household incomes have increased nearly 32 percent since 1970, but that growth hasn’t been equally distributed nationwide.
  • An aerial shot of a deeply flooded neighborhood, with a line of cars fording the flooded streets and homes looking like islands surrounded by water.
    Andrew Rumbach discusses backlogged disaster aid
    New and pending disaster claims have accumulated in response to a directive from the Homeland Security Secretary directive for increased review before state and local disbursement
  • Tools and wooden panels sit on the ground of a home under construction on a sunny day, and other construction materials line the far wall under exposed beams.
    Andrew Rumbach on LA’s recovery and reconstruction timeline one year after wildfires
    Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt since the Palisades and Eaton fires burned through Los Angeles one year ago, though hundreds more are expected to be completed later this year.
  • A man in a green t-shirt and a work apron covered in flour places a loaf of bread in a brown paper bag for a customer.
    Greg Acs discusses the “K-shaped economy”
    Gregory Acs, vice president for the tax and income supports division at the Urban Institute, spoke with NPR’s Morning Edition about how economic growth has diverged into two arms: those who are reaping the benefits of a record-breaking stock market, and everyone else.
  • An elderly man embraces an elderly woman as they look out a window, presumably in their home.
    Linna Zhu on housing instability among older Americans
    Linna Zhu, a housing finance policy expert at the Urban Institute, spoke with PBS affiliate WNPT about how high housing-cost burdens affect senior renters.