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The Easy-to-Miss Reform in the ROAD to Housing Act Worth Preserving
21+ hour, 30+ min ago (506+ words) The larger controversies surrounding the bill have overshadowed an easy-to-miss provision that would encourage local adoption of preapproved building designs. This provision is one of those rare reforms that offers something tangible to builders, local governments, homeowners, and renters alike....
People Need to Believe That Their Government Has Their Back.
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (248+ words) The scene: New York City tenants, sitting across the table from high-level public officials, talking about the ways their landlords are ripping them off. This is what the Mamdani administration's "Rental Ripoff" hearings are like, according to Sam Levine, the…...
The Public Options Tool Kit: Ensuring Access, Public Value, and Accountability in the Economy
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (245+ words) This is a web-friendly preview of the report. Future administrations will need not only a strong commitment to values beyond neoliberal market primacy, but also a thorough understanding of the policy tools required to implement an agenda that is neither…...
Strait Talk: Knock-on Effects from the Energy Shock Could Show Up in This Month's Jobs and Inflation Data
1+ week, 5+ day ago (393+ words) It's probably too soon for the energy shock stemming from the war in Iran to show up fully in the job market. But the economy was already flashing warning signs before that shock hit: Through February, it had averaged almost…...
Zooming Out on the Tax Debate
1+ week, 5+ day ago (180+ words) Recent news headlines have featured a number of splashy tax ideas, including proposals calling for middle-class tax cuts. Roosevelt President and CEO Elizabeth Wilkins outlined Roosevelt's vision in a new blog post, arguing that we can't lose sight of the…...
Trump Wields Defense Production Act to Promote Fossil Fuels. It Could Instead Be Used to Promote All-of-the-Above Energy Abundance.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (115+ words) By Joel Dodge and Todd N. Tucker This is a web-friendly preview of the brief. Tags: Industrial Policy and Trade As director of the industrial policy and trade program at Roosevelt, Todd N. Tucker, a political scientist, leads Roosevelt's work on the…...
A Simple Policy Fix with Huge Potential
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (146+ words) This week, members of Congress reintroduced the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act, a proposal that could almost entirely eliminate deep poverty among SSI recipients. In a new analysis, Roosevelt's Stephen Nu'ez and researcher Jack Landry examine how this simple…...
Trump's Attacks on SCOTUS Are Personal'But Real Court Reform Should Be a Progressive Priority
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (227+ words) By Shahrzad Shams and Todd N. Tucker Even Franklin D. Roosevelt, who confronted a Supreme Court dead set against his New Deal, disguised his court-packing plan in the language of improving efficiency, whereas Trump all but brazenly admitted his attacks were retaliatory....
There Is No Housing Affordability Without Building More Housing
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (685+ words) The Roosevelt Institute There Is No Housing Affordability Without Building More Housing American cities are facing a housing affordability crisis because they are experiencing a housing shortage. If we make it easier to build dense housing in these cities, then…...
How to Reduce Poverty Among SSI Recipients: Modeling the Impact of the SSI Restoration Act
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (290+ words) This blog previews our upcoming report. Below I describe the legislative provisions we examined and our methodological approach before sharing some key findings. Table 2 presents our estimates of poverty and deep poverty among US households in general and SSI households…...