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In the News October 7 – October 21 

By pwsadmin / October 26, 2022 / Comments Off on In the News October 7 – October 21 

Housing Equity:  Why Disasters Like Ian Punish Affordable Housing Stock In Particular: Affordable housing takes the most damage and is least likely to be replaced in an area’s housing ecosystem…

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In the News September 23 – October 7 

By pwsadmin / October 10, 2022 / Comments Off on In the News September 23 – October 7 

Housing Equity:  McArthur Park II increases affordable housing and community resilience in Fayetteville: NCORR funding supports new multifamily development: The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) has funded…

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In the News September 9 – September 23 

By pwsadmin / September 27, 2022 / Comments Off on In the News September 9 – September 23 

Housing Equity:  City of Raleigh Receives 2022 Housing North Carolina Award for East College Park: The City of Raleigh began the East College Park project in 2017 to moderate residential…

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Reflections from ENC 22 – An interview with Talitha Batts

By pwsadmin / August 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Reflections from ENC 22 – An interview with Talitha Batts

An interview with Talitha Batts, Director of Advocacy at the The Research, Policy and Impact Center of the National Institute of Minority Economic Development conducted by WNCU during the Executive…

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The State of Minority NC

By pwsadmin / August 26, 2022 / Comments Off on The State of Minority NC

Presentation from the National Institute of Minority Economic Development Executive Networking Conference 2022 Once a state with a clear racial binary (white/black), North Carolina continues to become more diverse as…

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The need for Universal Pre-K and Expanded Childcare Options 

By pwsadmin / August 18, 2022 / Comments Off on The need for Universal Pre-K and Expanded Childcare Options 

There are clear benefits to pre-kindergarten programming. There is evidence that children experience lasting benefits from the development of non-finite executive functioning skills like linguistic dexterity, reading comprehension, and critical…

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In the News July 20 – August 3, 2022

By pwsadmin / August 3, 2022 / Comments Off on In the News July 20 – August 3, 2022

Housing Equity: Treasury Announces New Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply and Lower Long-Term Housing Costs for American Families: The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new guidance to increase…

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In the News 7.20.2022

By pwsadmin / July 20, 2022 / Comments Off on In the News 7.20.2022

Housing Equity: New Policy Protects People with Vouchers Seeking City-Supported Housing: The Charlotte City Council on Monday voted to adopt a new city policy that protects prospective tenants in City…

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Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Poll

By pwsadmin / May 30, 2022 / Comments Off on Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Poll

The Biden Administration has proposed to forgive up to $10,000 in student loan debt. The current proposal is that student loan forgiveness will be available to individual borrowers who earn…

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RPIC Policy Agenda – Improve Educational Attainment and Outcomes

By pwsadmin / May 17, 2022 / Comments Off on RPIC Policy Agenda – Improve Educational Attainment and Outcomes

While educational attainment has risen significantly in the last two decades, we continue to see a huge disparity in post-secondary education by race and ethnicity. White 25- to 29-year-olds are…

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