A growing number of states are considering reforms to allow residents to lower their housing costs by sharing homes, a shift that promises to boost the supply of rental housing and improve ...

Stat: 41%: The share of U.S. adults who have some form of health care debt. Story: Millions of Americans are struggling with debt, from credit card bills to unexpected medical expenses. And many face ...

More than four years after the pandemic began dramatically changing downtown economies, recent information shows that cities are finally recovering from the effects of the widespread shift to remote ...

Plastic pollution is a serious worldwide threat, jeopardizing human health and livelihoods and causing severe – and often fatal – consequences for wildlife. Humankind can solve this problem: By taking ...

As federal pandemic aid winds down and state and local budgets normalize, government policymakers face an inflection point: Some issues—such as housing affordability and infrastructure investment—are ...

Stat: 4 million to 7 million: The United States has a shortage of 4 million to 7 million homes. Story: For many Indigenous communities, the concept of land or home ownership can stand in opposition to ...

When nonprofit organizations use data and evidence effectively, their work can have a stronger and more meaningful impact on their communities, partners, and clients. Since 2018, more than 50 Pew Fund ...

As policymakers look for ways to expand homeownership and help more homebuyers access credit, lease-purchase arrangements have received renewed attention not only from legislators, but from investors, ...

In 2023, just 18% of people with an opioid use disorder (OUD) received any medication to treat it, despite the availability of therapies that have proved highly effective in preventing opioid deaths ...

For state government budgets to stay on a sustainable path, policymakers must maintain a long-term perspective, informed by high-quality data and analysis. In a 2023 report, “Tools for Sustainable ...

The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean represent more than half the global tuna catch and are among the most valuable in the world, worth US$21 billion each year. But with such ...

Homebuyers who use land contracts—also known as "contracts for deed" or "land installment contracts"—are entitled to many of the same protections as those who buy with traditional mortgages, according ...