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Data centers’ effects on housing vary widely based on location and local market conditions.
What It Takes to Financially Survive a Disaster, According to Hurricane Helene Survivors Survivors offer insights and strategies that policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, insurance companies, and communities can use to help people financially prepare for, survive, and recover from disasters.FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program Is the Largest Source of Federal Hazard Mitigation Funding for Tribes The BRIC program’s flexibility supports tribal sovereignty by enabling tribes to determine the mitigation activities that match their needs and priorities.How Tribes Can Pursue Disaster Declarations and Federal Recovery Funding Proactive planning can help tribes request presidential disaster declarations and access federal recovery funding.Despite Facing Higher Disaster Risks, Many Tribal Communities Struggle to Access Home Insurance We explore the barriers tribal communities face in accessing affordable home insurance and how a tribal-owned insurer is filling some coverage gaps.Federal Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Major Expansion in Medicaid-Funded Opioid Addiction Treatment Examining access to buprenorphine—a common and effective medication treatment for opioid use disorder—across states by Medicaid expansion status and opioid use disorder rate shows what’s at stake.Do Federal Home Loan Bank Advances Support Residential Lending? Despite differences in study design and data, both Urban Institute researchers and the Government Accountability Office find a statistically significant, positive relationship between advances and residential lending.
