The Urban Institute

To promote sound social policy and public debate on national priorities, the Urban Institute gathers and analyzes data, conducts policy research, evaluates programs and services, and educates Americans on critical issues and trends. In the mid-1960s, President Johnson saw the need for independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America’s cities and their residents. The President created a blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders who recommended chartering a center to do that work. In 1968, the Urban Institute became that center.

Today, The Urban Institute analyzes policies, evaluate programs, and inform community development to improve social, civic, and economic well-being. They work in all 50 states and abroad in over 28 countries, and sharing their research findings with policymakers, program administrators, business, academics, and the public online and through reports and scholarly books.

Follow this link to the Urban Institute web site and the area focusing on housing issues and research.