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Announcement March 24, 2021 Penn IUR 2021 Photo Contest: Civic Engagement

Announcement March 18, 2021 Penn IUR Announces the 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum

News March 12, 2021 Cash-Out Refinancings Hit Highest Level Since Financial Crisis

Announcement March 5, 2021 Penn IUR and The Volcker Alliance to Host a Panel Discussion on Leadership Challenges in the Age of COVID-19

Announcement February 18, 2021 Application Open for 2021-22 Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership Program

News January 25, 2021 An overhaul for Fannie and Freddie: What it would mean for mortgage borrowers

News December 17, 2020 Genie Birch on Wharton Business Daily

News December 16, 2020 Experts Predict What The Housing Market Will Be Like In 2021

News December 8, 2020 Fannie and Freddie are helping American homeowners during the COVID recession — so why reprivatize now?

News December 3, 2020 Flood Risk and the U.S. Housing Market

News December 2, 2020 Pandemic could force drastic public transit cuts across US, officials warn

News November 30, 2020 How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster

News November 19, 2020 The mirage of low interest rates

Announcement November 18, 2020 Apply Now for Spring 2021 UURC: Deadline Is December 14

News November 3, 2020 Penn profs. author new book analyzing historical and current housing discrimination

News October 27, 2020 A Reset for Cities?

Announcement October 27, 2020 “Cities and Contagion” Photo Contest Winners

Announcement October 6, 2020 Perspectives on Fair Housing: A New Six-Part Series

News October 2, 2020 Circular Economy Takes Center Stage At Riyadh U20 Panel Discussion

News September 24, 2020 Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities

Announcement September 21, 2020 Lessons in Neighborhood Revitalization

News September 16, 2020 What We Actually Know About How Americans Are Moving During Covid

News September 14, 2020 How homeowners have gained a financial advantage during the pandemic

News September 11, 2020 Refinancing and Delinquencies Soar in Divided Mortgage Era

News August 28, 2020 When Will It Get Easier to Buy a Home? 8 Experts on the Nation's Housing Shortage

News August 18, 2020 Benchmarks: A Call: Let’s Learn More About Public Finance in Philly

News August 18, 2020 The Flight of the Techies Won’t Be the End of Silicon Valley

Announcement August 18, 2020 Green City Finance Directory Launched

Announcement August 18, 2020 Penn IUR Welcomes 2020 Affiliates

Announcement August 18, 2020 Penn IUR Welcomes 2020-21 Fellows in Urban Leadership Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

News July 31, 2020 How to Navigate the Coronavirus Real Estate Market

News July 31, 2020 Senate's aid bill 'shameful' for transit slight, says New York MTA chief

News July 27, 2020 2020 is the summer of booming home sales - and evictions

Announcement July 27, 2020 Penn IUR and The Volcker Alliance to Host a Panel Discussion on Federal Aid to State and Local Governments

News July 8, 2020 Homeowners had amassed record equity as crisis began

News July 2, 2020 Here Comes the Hard Part: States, Cities Face Grim Budget Picture

Announcement July 1, 2020 Research for Equity in Recovery: A New Series by Penn IUR, the Philadelphia Fed, and the Upjohn Institute

News June 16, 2020 Will COVID Kill the City?

News June 11, 2020 Federal aid important amid coronavirus second wave concerns

Announcement June 11, 2020 2020 Penn Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Findings

News May 29, 2020 Why housing prices aren’t dropping in the pandemic

News May 29, 2020 Creative solutions needed to offset coronavirus revenue losses

Announcement May 28, 2020 Penn IUR Launches Online Resource Library on Cities and Covid-19

News May 19, 2020 As Coronavirus Crushes Small Restaurants, Big Chains See Room to Move In

Announcement May 18, 2020 Penn IUR 2020 Photo Contest: Cities and Contagion

News May 15, 2020 As buyers return to the housing market, there aren’t enough homes for sale

Announcement May 14, 2020 Volcker Alliance and Penn IUR Host Fifth Briefing on COVID-19 and Federal Reserve Support for States and Localities Major municipal investors and GFOA federal liaison featured in exclusive panel discussion.

News May 8, 2020 States Could Face $500 Billion Budget Shortfall, Analysis Finds

News May 5, 2020 Planning for Survival: Holding On to the Cash You Have

News April 29, 2020 ‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts

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