http://www.metrotrends.org MetroTrends | Urban Institute's report card on social and economic trends in urban America. en-us Copyright 2013 Urban Institute http://backend.userland.com/rss Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:41:09 EST http://www.metrotrends.org/images/metrotrends-rss.jpg 143 60 http://www.metrotrends.org <p> Construction job growth in California metros outpaces nation </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/02/construction-coming-back-depends/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Josh Mitchell) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Many programs encourage low-income tax filers to save refunds - but are savings really what they need? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/02/tax-time-savings-initiatives-rethinking-program-design/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Greg Mills) Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> Live in DC? How much are homes worth in your neighborhood? How about in 1995? See the new interactive tool </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/02/explore-d-c-housing-market-interactive-tool/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Graham MacDonald) Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: How do Latino immigrants fare in your metro? Our new commentary and interactive tools tell the story </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/02/latino-immigrants-best/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Maria Enchautegui) Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> we don't talk about "low-income cars" or low-income restaurants" so should we say "low-income housing"? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/02/low-income-housing/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Robert Lerman) Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends: Even with housing vouchers many low-income DC residents remain in high-poverty, high-crime neighborhoods </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/01/housing-voucher-program-enable-households-move-high-quality-neighborhoods/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Chris Narducci) Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends: Like U.S., solutions to French poverty and chronic disadvantage tied to issue of race </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/XvVhlh pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan Popkin) Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends: Langley Park, MD gets Promise Grant to support immigrant children's education, from cradle to career </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/01/promise-maryland-nonprofit-brings-promise-neighborhood-planning-grant-langley-park/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Molly Scott) Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Is Rent Control Good Policy? The research seems to have reached a consensus </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/01/rent-control-good-policy/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Peter Tatian) Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Chronic high school truancy starts in middle school - and so should the solution </p> <ul> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/12/truancy-absenteeism-high-school-middle-school/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Akiva Liberman) Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: 39.9 percent of all Memphis children live in poverty - what to do about this stunning fact </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/12/memphis-elsewhere-concentrated-poverty-harms-life-chances/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Amanda Mireles) Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: 5 recommendations to aid Obama goal of ending Veterans Homelessness </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/12/veterans-homelessness-down/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Mary Cunningham) Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: The nation's struggling housing market sees $26 billion in foreclosure prevention from national settlement </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/12/nation/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Zach McDade) Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: How bad is income inequality, really? Geog. location, not just money income, influences purchasing power </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/1202r5P pubaffairs@urban.org (Robert Lerman) Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: New Urban Institute research predicts that child poverty will remain high through 2012 </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/12/child-poverty-rates-predicted-remain-high-2012/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Julia Isaacs) Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: treating all Asian/Pacific Islander immigrants as a monolith obscures truth and good policy </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/12/disaggregating-monolithic-model-minority/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Erwin de Leon) Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends: Child care assistance provides critical support in the job-search process - in some states. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/child-care-subsidies-assistance-unemployed-parents-searching-jobs/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Christin Durham and Sarah Minton) Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends: The cost of child care can determine if low-income families find work - find out why and what role the govt. plays http://goo.gl/VQEqa </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/child-care-subsidies-eligible-varies-state/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Sarah Minton, Christin Durham) Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Could earlier foreclosure notices help borrowers save their homes? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/earlier-foreclosure-notices-borrowers-save-homes/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Rebecca Grace) Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: The election got everyone talking about the role of diversity - and its effects are further-reaching than just politics </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/diversity-changing-politics/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margery Turner) Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Baton Rouge and San Francisco are on opposite extremes of the corporate tax spectrum...what does this mean? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/heavily-taxed-city/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Katherine Toran) Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> After the election, let's turn to policy </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/Ug13eX pubaffairs@urban.org (MetroTrends Staff) Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Will Obamacare kill jobs? Theory and evidence from MA Health Reform say probably not </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/obamacare-kill-jobs/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Lisa Dubay, Sharon Long, Emily Lawton) Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: How has the health of the housing market influenced the election? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/health-housing-market-influenced-election/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Claudia Sharygin) Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: A pilot program to reduce chronic truancy in DC schools leads to deeper questions about school reform </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/truancy-family-barriers-attendance-school-norms/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Akiva Liberman) Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> Growth in SNAP usage a sign that critical element of safety net functioning properly </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/11/view-growth-food-stamps-nation/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Julia Isaacs) Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> Which metro areas can take most advantage of new chronic-disease prevention strategies? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/VMIGPR pubaffairs@urban.org (Timothy Waidmann) Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: high foreclosure rates leave PG County residents vulnerable to scammers </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/10/quarter-notice-intent-foreclose-rates-continue-spell-trouble-prince-georges-county/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Brianna Losoya) Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: random controlled trials may be research's gold standard but sometimes other methods do better </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/10/gold-standard/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan Popkin) Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> With limited budgets which people in need should get the Cadillacs of supportive services? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/10/decide-cadillac/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Brett Theodos) Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends: $5.5 billion of ARRA job training services post-Recession was unprecedented but too short-lived http://bit.ly/RFdBKj </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/10/response-public-workforce-system-great-recession/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Stephen A. Wandner) Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: understanding the concentration of public housing can provide a rich tapestry for nbhd revitalization </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/10/public-housing-revitalize-neighborhoods/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Tom Kingsley) Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: research shows that young kids should receive most govt. spending on children, and they do </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/WMFr7H pubaffairs@urban.org (Sara Edelstein) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: poverty rates in the Top 100 metros vary dramatically by region </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/metro-poverty-rates-vary-dramatically-region/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Austin Nichols) Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> The Hispanic poverty rate - still well above national average - fell from 2010 to 2011 </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/closer-census-poverty-numbers-trends-hispanics/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Gregory Mills) Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: What's at stake for immigrants in the Chicago teachers' strike? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/chicago-teachers-strike-public-education-immigrants/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Erwin de Leon) Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Concentrated poverty often involves chronic violence, and with it many hidden costs and traumas </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/costs-chronic-violence/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan Popkin) Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> New evidence shows that living a low-poverty neighborhood improves health and finances </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/neighborhoods-matter/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margery Turner) Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Polls find DC most optimistic about economic circumstances; least optimistic: West Virginians </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/washington-dc-optimistic-city/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Katharine Toran) Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> 49,000 families in one county faced foreclosure in 18 mos. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/combating-foreclosures-prince-georges-county-2/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Zach McDade) Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> Why America must continue to care about, study and combat poverty </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/09/poverty-matters/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margery Turner) Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/making-child-care-affordable-accessible/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Heather Sandstrom) Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends: Years-long waiting lists for child care driven by systematic shortages </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/child-care-demand-outstrips-supply/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Lindsay Giesen) Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> #MetroTrends blog: 5-yr-olds from poor families least prepared for start of school </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/falling-day-school-school-readiness-poor-children/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Julia Isaacs) Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> What is the value of a bachelor's degree? The answer may surprise you </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/uncertainty-future-education-requirements/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Josh Mitchell) Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends blog: Medicaid expansion should also increase food stamp use - benefiting states and the working poor </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/potential-effects-affordable-care-act-snap-participation/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Gregory Mills) Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> Urban Institute's Unemployment and Recovery Project sharpens employment policy post-recession </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/Qhy56a pubaffairs@urban.org (Greg Acs) Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> Is your project working? A growing emphasis on measuring and evaluating impact </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/Q71Ean pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan Popkin) Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends blog: Cash-strapped cities want charities to voluntarily pay property taxes--1st of 2 posts re. PILOTs. First of two posts </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/payments-lieu-taxes-fair-play-extortion-1-2/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Katherine Toran) Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST <p> It's Crime Week on #MetroTrends. Today: 10 popular crime myths and the facts behind them </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2012/08/ten-popular-crime-myths/ pubaffairs@urban.org (John Roman) Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST