COVID‐19 is exposing a nexus between communities disproportionately suffering from
underlying health conditions, policy‐reinforced disparities, and susceptibility to the disease. As …

The housing choice voucher program was designed with two main goals in mind: to
eliminate concentrations of poverty and the social problems it causes and to provide poor …

There are many federal, state, and local laws governing the landlord–tenant relationship.
Yet scholars know little about their variety and what impact differences among jurisdictions …

US cities are increasingly adopting antieviction policies predicated on the belief that evictions
have negative consequences for families and communities. Yet the nature and duration of …

The current outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the
virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19), has spurred a large governmental …

Economic development at the municipal level often necessitates that local governments
make trade-offs between firm- and locality-based strategies. In recent decades, economic …

While public consideration of social equity pre‐dates Minnowbrook (Blessett et al., 2019;
Burnier, 2021), the field formally recognized social equity as its fourth pillar after the conference …

American cities are creatures of their states, with states both granting and limiting the power
of their cities. This relationship is characterized by how cooperative or competitive states are …

Recognizing the health effects of nonhealth policies, scholars and others seeking to improve
Americans’ health have advocated the implementation of a culture of health—which would …

Prior literature has emphasized demographic, economic, and political explanations for
increasing income inequality in the U nited S tates, with little attention paid to the role of state‐…