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1. Equitably Developing America's Smaller Legacy Cities

   Investing in Residents from South Bend to Worcester
   Policy Briefs
   May 2021
   Erica Spaid Patras, Alison Goebel, and Lindsey Elam

   Former industrial and manufacturing hubs like Dayton, Ohio, and Gary, Indiana—known as legacy cities—need not choose between economic growth and equity, as growth is most durable when it...

2. Duty to Serve

   Early Lessons Learned in Underserved Housing Markets
   Policy Briefs
   April 2021
   By Jim Gray and George W. McCarthy

   Enacted in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and launched in 2017, Duty to Serve (DTS) is a federal regulation that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to provide affordable housing...

3. 75 Fellowship for Ethics and Equity in Public Administration

   Claremont Lincoln University
   Fellowship Opportunities
   March 2021

   This fellowship is designed specifically for underrepresented working professionals currently in entry- and mid-level roles in the public and non-profit sectors, or in mission-oriented roles in the private sector, seeking to earn a graduate degree.

4. 2021 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

   Fellowship
   Fellowship Opportunities
   January 2021

   This program provides an opportunity for recent PhDs specializing in public finance or urban economics to work with senior economists.

5. The Empty House Next Door

   Understanding and Reducing Vacancy and Hypervacancy in the United States
   Policy Briefs
   August 2020
   Alan Mallach

   Vacant and abandoned properties are a familiar part of the American landscape that can devastate entire neighborhoods, diminishing the value of nearby properties. More extreme cases may cause severe...

6. Exploratory Scenario Planning

   How to Navigate an Uncertain Future
   Policy Briefs
   August 2020
   Jeremy Stapleton

   As uncertainty about the future grows, communities face new challenges—including rapid urban development, mass migration, pandemics, technological advancement, and climate change—at an...

7. Antiguas ciudades industriales

   Construir un renacimiento equitativo
   Policy Briefs
   May 2020
   Jessie Grogan

   Las antiguas ciudades industriales, que alguna vez impulsaron la industria y la prosperidad, perdieron millones de residentes y empleos en el s. XX debido a la economía cambiante. Con...

8. Viviendas inclusivas

   Crear y mantener comunidades igualitarias
   Policy Briefs
   February 2020
   Rick Jacobus

   Las políticas de viviendas inclusivas requieren que los desarrolladores de nuevos inmuebles a precio de mercado ofrezcan viviendas asequibles, a fin de evitar el desplazamiento de residentes...

9. Land Value Return

   Tools to Finance Our Urban Future
   Policy Briefs
   January 2020
   Lourdes Germán and Allison Ehrich Bernstein

   Communities around the world face a crisis of investment, yet they often give away their most valuable resource: land. This policy brief lays out how the public sector can recover and reinvest land...

10. Inclusionary Housing

    Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
    Policy Briefs
    December 2019
    Rick Jacobus

    Inclusionary housing policies require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide affordable housing, to prevent displacing lower-income residents. In this Policy Brief, Rick Jacobus, a...