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The rise of buy now, pay later products, which often aren’t reported to credit bureaus, could affect borrowers’ ability to buy a home and sustain homeownership.
Health Care Companies Join the Effort to End Homelessness. How Can They Maximize Investments? UnitedHealth is betting that investments to support housing stability will lead to a reduction in high-cost medical services.Kenya’s Optimistic Revenue Forecasts Are Causing Problems, but Better Tools Can Help Kenya’s National Treasury has a track record of significantly overestimating revenues in the national budget.Understanding the Link between Residents’ and Cities’ Financial Health Urban researchers recently evaluated the cost to cities of residents’ unpaid public utility bills, unpaid property taxes, and evictions.‘Nonresponse Bias’ Could Explain the Census Bureau’s Finding on the Citizenship Question The Census Bureau found that the addition of a citizenship question to the census would have virtually no impact on self-response.Rural Communities Aren’t Immune from a Census Undercount. Here’s How They Can Prepare for 2020 Much of the conversation around potential undercounts in the 2020 Census has focused on urban areas.