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October 2, 2024
AOC’s “Social Housing” Dead End
…investment fall. One indicator of the popularity of AOC’s vision: at a time of sharply rising housing demand, median prices for Co-op City units last year fell 43 percent. Still, Ocasio-Cortez hopes…
September 20, 2024
Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. The American Dream Is Still In Reach for Young People
The American dream is still alive and can be achieved in just one generation, even among the most economically disadvantaged young people. That finding is among the most promising takeaways…
September 4, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Housing Plan Would Be Worse Than Doing Nothing
…buyers typically make a median down payment of around $10,500, or 3 percent of the home price. We estimate that even without the Harris proposal, 3 million of its recipients…
September 2, 2024
This Is How to Fix the Housing Crisis
…while overall inflation is dropping. The National Association of Realtors reports that the median sale price for an existing single-family home was $422,000 in the second quarter of 2024. One-half…
August 16, 2024
The Harris Campaign’s Foolish Down-Payment-Assistance Scheme
…report aptly titled “External Effects of Concentrated Mortgage Foreclosures,” found that “high-exposure neighborhoods tend to have a greater proportion of black and Hispanic residents, lower median incomes, lower median sales…
August 1, 2024
Two Outrageous Bills Kamala Harris Sponsored Would Crush Taxpayers
…could collect up to $10,000 per month or an astonishing $120,000 per year — nearly double the U.S. median household income of $67,521 in 2020. Across a span of 42…
July 29, 2024
The Rise of ‘Marriage Deserts’ and What We Can Do About Them
…secure Americans are married. Churchgoers, Asian families, college graduates and Republican voters each enjoy the benefits of a stable, married family. Here there are abundant networks of role models for…
July 14, 2024
Fostering Normalcy for Foster Kids
…kids who are in the foster care system. Because you need a guardian to co-sign accounts for anyone under 18, foster kids are often left out. NorthCountry Credit Union in…
June 26, 2024
Reducing Racial Disparities in Foster Care Might Endanger Black Children
…The only racial or ethnic group currently subject to different treatment is Native children under the Indian Child Welfare Act, which (similar to the Minnesota law) requires different measures for…
June 18, 2024
A Unified Theory of Education
…education. In the early 1900s, progressives sought to bureaucratize K-12 into what historian David Tyack termed “the one best system.” In the 1920s, Oregon progressives (along with the anti-Catholic Ku…