As a global agreement to curb subsidies contributing to overfishing and illegal fishing inches toward entry into force, governments are now focusing on how they will implement the deal, including by ...

A growing number of states are considering reforms to allow residents to lower their housing costs by sharing homes, a shift that promises to boost the supply of rental housing and improve ...

Homebuyers who use land contracts—also known as "contracts for deed" or "land installment contracts"—are entitled to many of the same protections as those who buy with traditional mortgages, according ...

Stat: 4 million to 7 million: The United States has a shortage of 4 million to 7 million homes. Story: For many Indigenous communities, the concept of land or home ownership can stand in opposition to ...

When nonprofit organizations use data and evidence effectively, their work can have a stronger and more meaningful impact on their communities, partners, and clients. Since 2018, more than 50 Pew Fund ...

Plastic pollution is a serious worldwide threat, jeopardizing human health and livelihoods and causing severe – and often fatal – consequences for wildlife. Humankind can solve this problem: By taking ...

As federal pandemic aid winds down and state and local budgets normalize, government policymakers face an inflection point: Some issues—such as housing affordability and infrastructure investment—are ...

As policymakers look for ways to expand homeownership and help more homebuyers access credit, lease-purchase arrangements have received renewed attention not only from legislators, but from investors, ...

In 2023, just 18% of people with an opioid use disorder (OUD) received any medication to treat it, despite the availability of therapies that have proved highly effective in preventing opioid deaths ...

For state government budgets to stay on a sustainable path, policymakers must maintain a long-term perspective, informed by high-quality data and analysis. In a 2023 report, “Tools for Sustainable ...

At their high-stakes annual negotiations on how to address climate change, world leaders made some progress but failed to agree on changes at a scale and pace needed to limit global temperature rise ...

With a vision of fulfilling Connecticut’s promise as a significant supplier of offshore wind (OSW) energy, a state-created nonprofit has launched a study to determine how much the burgeoning industry ...