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June 24, 2025

Public Housing and Rental Subsidies

Since the 1930s, the federal government has subsidized local housing projects aimed at uplifting the poor. The specific policies have evolved, but the theory has been that federal aid is…

June 12, 2025

Lingering Absence in Public Schools: Tracking Post-Pandemic Chronic Absenteeism into 2024

Key Points Chronic absenteeism spiked during the pandemic and remains a serious problem. In 2024, rates were 57 percent higher than they were pre-pandemic and only 2 percentage points lower…

June 10, 2025

America’s Housing Supply Problem: The Closing of the Suburban Frontier?

Housing prices across much of America have hit historic highs, while less housing is being built. If the U.S. housing stock had expanded at the same rate from 2000-2020 as…

June 5, 2025

Measuring the Value of Nondegree Credentials

Event Summary On June 5, AEI’s Mark Schneider, in partnership with the Burning Glass Institute (BGI), hosted an event to discuss the value of nondegree credentials. The first discussion was…

June 5, 2025

More Evidence of How Housing Regulation Is Bad for Housing

The American Dream’s geographic escape hatch is slamming shut. New research reveals that once-affordable sunbelt cities like Phoenix, Dallas, and Miami now mirror the restrictive housing markets of San Francisco…