Learn which neighborhoods are most vulnerable to COVID-19 job losses. Our estimates can help nonprofits, foundations, and government target support where it’s most needed.
These short-term solutions could help minimize the inevitable damage this economic crisis will cause to consumers who are already struggling with debt.
Urban’s Sarah Rosen Wartell and Tracy Gordon and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Sharon Parrott discuss why key components of federal relief should be tied to labor market conditions and how to ensure future aid neither ends prematurely nor lasts too long.
As COVID-19 takes a toll on communities around the world, domestic violence victims face unique challenges to their safety and well-being. Here’s how courts, victim services providers, and communities can help.
Reaching those who are unbanked or underbanked or who typically don’t file taxes requires flexibility in a crisis. Getting payments to people through prepaid debit cards has many benefits.
The COVID-19 crisis threatens to return us to the 2010–13 period, when only borrowers with nearly pristine credit could obtain a mortgage. Here’s the quickest and most effective action the federal government can take.
Our interactive data tool lets you compare the trajectory of unemployment rates, employment totals (private and public), and earnings across states and time. Policymakers will rely on these employment and earnings data as they make tough decisions about health care, housing, education, and more.
