What If $500 Could Prevent Eviction?
Grace Arlan with the Flagstone Initiative spotlights their innovative model for upstream eviction prevention: no-interest rent loans.
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Beyond Outreach: Making Tax Credits Easier to Claim
Systemic and practical barriers — more than awareness of tax credits — are the main reasons that people don’t file taxes.
DC is Rolling Back Tenant Protections—Without the Data to Track the Consequences
FLH’s Yuliya Panfil and Sabiha Zainulbhai wrote for Greater Greater Washington on the need for better eviction data in DC.
2025 in Review
To date, the New Practice Lab has supported over 2.8 million Americans
Disaster Insurance for All: Our Proposal for Reforming Property Insurance
Insurance industry profit motives conflict with our need for protection. Public insurance, coupled with proactive risk reduction, can help.
Request for Applications: Eviction Data Response Network 2026
Read about New America’s Eviction Data Response Network 2026 application opportunity, which closed March 3, 2026.
Can We Blame the Banks for the Dearth of American Starter Homes?
FLH’s Yuliya Panfil was quoted in a Dwell Magazine article about financing barriers making it difficult to buy affordable homes.
Putting Pregnancy, Abortion, and Care into Context on Screen
TV and film viewers are eager to see more realistic, authentic depictions of reproductive health decisions on screen.
Happy 2026! Our Team Is Starting the Year by Listening to Parents.
The New Practice Lab is starting 2026 by fielding a largest-of-its-kind parent survey
One Quarter of U.S. Homes are Valued at Less than $200,000
Millions of American homes cost under $200k, but barriers to financing make them inaccessible to families who can afford them.