Completing the Housing Innovation Loop: From Policy to Product Entrepreneurs
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Tax Land, Not Buildings, to Spur Development
If you want less of something, tax it. That's why easing taxes on buildings can help cities grow.
Holding It Together: Filmmaker Cameron Kit on Women, Work, and the Child Care Crisis
A woman with a long ponytail, wearing black leggings, and a black sweatshirt, pulls an orange cart through a hardware store aisle sto…
Child Care Reporting Grants: Frequently Asked Questions
Better Life Lab reporting grants frequently asked questions.
Inaugural Eviction Data Response Network Convening Highlights Tenacity of State and Local Champions
The EDRN convening reinforced that localities need more resources and support for their critical data-driven eviction prevention work.
Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps to Infants is Both Policy and Practice
Automatic eligibility policies can help serve more infants and families with EI, but implementation is critical.
Feminist Urbanism and the Housing Crisis: A Q&A with Lo Sontag
Feminist urban critic Lo Sontag speaks with Helen Bonnyman of Future of Land and Housing about creative tools to make housing affordable.
New Reporting Grants Aim to Strengthen and Elevate Caregiving Coverage
Better Life Lab's care reporting grants supported journalists and storytellers covering innovations in child care, disability, elder,…
Breaking Out of a Gendered Box: Centering What’s Most Human When Writing About Work, Family, and Care
How people in the U.S. perceive, experience, and discuss the impact of gender roles in work, family, and care contexts.
A Resident-Centered Approach to Affordable Housing
Affordable housing has high operating costs—but that doesn't mean its owners have to raise rents beyond what residents can pay.
To Help Solve Homelessness, Recognize Necessity as a Right
The Supreme Court may have allowed anti-homeless ordinances, but it also left open an escape valve to recognize encampments as necessary.
Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Florida: Lessons for California
Climate change is exposing Florida’s houses to greater risk. What’s the impact on its insurance market, and how are policymakers responding?
Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Hawaii: Lessons for California
Climate change is exposing Hawaii’s houses to greater risk. What is the impact on its insurance market, and how are policymakers responding?