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Between 2020 and 2025, four Texas metropolitan areas—Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio—accounted for 13.3 percent of total US housing supply growth.
Sanders’s Plan Would Forgive 13 Million Young Adults’ Past-Due Medical Debt Young adults are more likely to have past-due medical debt and more medical debt in collections.Misconceptions on Social Welfare Spending for Children Can Prohibit Needed Progress Some argue that child poverty in the US is on par with other high-income countries and that our safety net is working as it should.How Baby Bonds Could Help Americans Start Adulthood Strong and Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap Under Senator Booker’s bill, every American newborn would receive an initial endowment of $1,000.How Three Community Colleges Are Accelerating Students’ Time to Completion Community colleges and their students have a shared interest in accelerated learning.Labor Conditions Are a Big Factor in Our Current Housing Supply Challenges Scarce and more expensive labor is a key contributor to the high cost of housing construction.The Community Reinvestment Act Faces Major Changes, but Regulators Are Not Aligned Regulators, banks, and community advocates all agree that the Community Reinvestment Act could better support low-income communities.