Child Care Is Buckling
States Want to Help Families. The Child Tax Credit Might Be Their Answer
States are exploring child tax credits as a way to ease financial pressure on families after the expanded federal credit expired. Supporters say these programs can reduce child poverty and improve fam…
Framing Brief: Unlocking America’s Small Dollar Housing Supply
FLH explores the barriers that impede access to small-dollar homes in communities across the U.S., and spotlights local innovations to address those barriers.
Preventing Tax Foreclosures is the Best Way Local Governments Can Protect Heirs Property Owners
Heirs property represents an enormous source of wealth for millions of Americans, and particularly Black communities, but it is also an inherently risky form of owners…
Cities Need Housing for Families—So Why Not Help Build Them?
Building housing units and creating housing for families are not the same thing.
In the News: The Affordable Housing Hiding in Plain Sight
FLH Director Yuliya Panfil wrote an essay for Bloomberg, outlining an underexplored, high leverage opportunity to boost affordable housing supply.
Journalism Spotlight: Child Care Pay Equity, Housing Instability, and Death Doula Pay
The latest articles from Better Life Lab staff and journalists we support, bringing work and care challenges and solutions to life to raise awareness and drive action for change.
Reimagining Work-Family Stories at South by Southwest
Our entertainment initiative joined with partners including CAA Community Impact, GLAAD, MPAC, and Imaginable Futures to share resources at SXSW.
A Roadmap to Beating the Mental Load
The mental load is gaining attention. Sociologist Leah Ruppanner offers practical tools to overcome it.
Virginia’s New Paid Leave Law Closes the Loop Between Implementation and Policy
With a new paid leave law, Virginia has hardcoded critical implementation lessons learned from other paid leave programs across the country.
Tackling the Housing Crisis Through One Year of the Rooftop
Our Future of Land and Housing team revisits some of the most exciting ideas from the first year of their contributor-driven blog.
Great Lakes Receiving Network: Our Roadmap
GLRN is a first-of-its-kind initiative to empower receiving cities across the Midwest to build more housing in preparation for future climate migration.
Little Nurses: What Happens When Children Take Care of Sick and Disabled Relatives?
In The Guardian, Better Life Lab Story Fellow Feylyn Lewis describes her childhood experience as a "little nurse" to her mother, and the many challenges millions of youth caring for their family membe…
She’s 14 and She’s Moved 26 Times. The U.S. Housing Crisis Has Families like Hers ‘Running in Place’
Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids.
New Report Challenges Assumptions About First-Time Homebuyers in High-Cost Regions
First-time homebuyer programs are helping people purchase and stay in their homes while building household wealth even in high-cost markets.