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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.
To Make “Smart Cities” More Inclusive, Leaders Need Better Tools and Data Critics of smart city technology argue that rapidly integrating technology in all aspects of government can exacerbate cities’ existing inequalities.What’s Behind the Dramatic Improvement in the Federal Housing Administration’s MMI Fund? In their annual report to Congress, the FHA showed a major improvement in the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance fund.Use the “Pyramid Philosophy” to Better Communicate Your Research A new book by Urban’s communications team explains strategies to get research into the hands of people who can use it.Many New Bills Bring National Attention to Urgent Public Housing Needs Even as they seek to be visionary, new proposals should focus on addressing the steady decline in public housing.Supporting Student Achievement on an Uneven Playing Field: A Conversation with Freeman Hrabowski As president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski leads 14,000 students from a range of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.