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Affording homeownership now is hard for many. These approaches may help.
In this explainer, learn more about some of the factors recently complicating affordable US homeownership and discover how some communities and organizations are helping to extend affordable homeownership to more families.
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[Watch] The Power of Place: Building Inclusive Economies Through Collaboration
During this Connecting Communities webinar hear from local leaders who participated in three Fed-supported place-based iniatives. Watch or listen on demand.
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The Quarterly Catch-up, Q4 2024
Check out the latest community development-related research, analyses, and articles from all 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors. This post captures content published between October 1 and December 31, 2024, on topics affecting marginalized communities.
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Coalition draws on local benefits cliff lessons to inform national approach
Dozens of experiments across the country aim to mitigate workers’ benefits cliffs as their incomes rise and assistance lessens. A coalition of 13 of these pilots now plans to share what they have learned and practiced with policymakers, employers, and funders.
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The Quarterly Catch-up, Q3 2024
Check out the latest community development-related research, analyses, and articles from all 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors. This post captures content published between July 1 and September 30, 2024, on topics affecting marginalized communities.
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Un motor económico clave pero poco reconocido: la salud conductual
Dos entidades aparentemente incompatibles —la Fed de Nueva York y la Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustancias (SAMHSA)— se unen para resaltar y abordar la conexión entre la salud mental, los problemas de adicción y los resultados económicos.
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Manufacturing affordable homeownership, one unit at a time
Manufactured housing offers a uniquely affordable homeownership onramp at a time when aspiring buyers can’t afford pricier site-built homes. Even with perception and financing challenges to surmount, some are finding creative ways to extend this homeownership option to more buyers.
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The quarterly catch-up, Q2 2024
Check out the latest community development-related research, analyses, and articles from all 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors. This post captures content published between April 1 and June 30, 2024, on topics affecting marginalized communities.
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Community perspectives and conditions from the Fed’s Beige Book, May 2024
Here’s what nonprofit and community leaders, and workforce professionals serving lower-income people shared with the Federal Reserve for the May 2024 Beige Book.
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Community perspectives and conditions from the Fed’s Beige Book, April 2024
Here’s what nonprofit and community leaders, and workforce professionals serving lower-income people shared with the Federal Reserve for the April 2024 Beige Book.