Minneapolis Fed
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An affordable twist on investor-owned, single-family housing
Investors’ activity in the single-family rental market has raised both concerns about and interest in their approach, especially in lower-income neighborhoods. Drawing on what works, impact investors and intermediaries are adapting the model to serve affordability and preservation goals.
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How the Fed studies and understands housing’s key role in the economy
The cost and availability of housing affect family budgets, labor force mobility, business growth, and the health of the economy. Learn how the Fed studies and engages with communities around vital housing trends, challenges, and innovations.
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Why don’t more out-of-work people receive unemployment insurance?
Unemployment insurance can help people transition in their careers and quickly re-enter the workforce. Yet many people who lose their jobs don’t receive this benefit. Recent Federal Reserve research sheds light on the barriers limiting UI access and recipiency.
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From numbers to narratives: Why Native voices matter in data
With its suite of tools, the Center for Indian Country Development enhances access to Native community economic data. Tools like Native Economic Trends fill data gaps and provide insights to advance Native Nations’ economic self-determination and Indigenous communities’ prosperity.
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The Quarterly Catch-up, Q4 2025
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, 2025, on topics affecting communities.
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Investing in health, tribal nations reap more than economic benefits
Improving and growing their health care infrastructure with their communities front of mind, three tribal nations in Oklahoma fuel employment, expand quality health care access, and enhance economic benefits for Native American citizens and the broader regional economy.
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Native Economic Trends
Native Economic Trends brings together decades of data to visualize socioeconomic change over time—for individual Native places and for Indian Country as a whole. Drawing from publicly available data, this interactive tool enables users to explore patterns in population, infrastructure, and economic measures for Native geographies and communities.
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The Quarterly Catch-up, Q3 2025
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, 2025, on topics affecting communities.
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Minneapolis Housing Indicators Dashboard
The Minneapolis Fed’s Housing Indicators Dashboard monitors ten housing-related outcomes from the City of Minneapolis’ Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan and associated policy changes, as well as relevant information that provides context on how these outcomes vary across Minneapolis neighborhoods and compare to peer cities.
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Native Entrepreneurship Dashboard
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in the health of an economy, driving economic growth and sparking innovation. The dashboard provides two key metrics for understanding the rate of entrepreneurship for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) workers relative to the U.S. workforce as a whole.