IN THIS ISSUE

• Submit an Innovative Housing Idea by 9/8!

• Help us welcome Brooke Berman, VP of Housing

• From the White House: Research Partner AffordableHousing.com Commits to Price Transparency & Ending Rental Junk Fees

• Centennial Lecture Series from SSRC to feature Affiliate Winnie van Dijk on 8/24!

• Highlights from our Blog

Your Ideas Wanted: Housing Challenge

Learning Collider has teamed up with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Matt Yglesias of Slow Boring, and Cornell University’s Legal Constructs Lab to crowdsource high-quality federal policy ideas. The goal? To surface innovative, actionable policy ideas that increase the national housing supply in the U.S.

We’re looking forward to reviewing each submission and leveraging our research expertise to select and amplify the strongest ideas.

• Deadline: Friday, September 8

• Learn more & submit your idea at the FAS Challenge page

Welcome, Brooke Berman!

News from the White House

ICYMI: A research partner was highlighted by the Biden-Harris Administration for their commitment to price transparency.

AffordableHousing.com, supported by our research efforts to identify all-in rental costs and analyze the impact of transparency fee practices, was recognized by the White House and HUD as a leader in curtailing junk fees on rental listings.

From the CEO Richard Cupelli: "Our socially responsible technology platform has allowed us to establish the largest network of affordable housing in the nation. We understand the accountability that comes with our standing in the industry and the trust that our customers place in us."

Read more from the press release or see coverage from NPR and The Hill.

Register! SSRC’s August 24 Event with Winnie van Dijk

Affiliate Winnie van Dijk of Yale University will deliver a virtual lecture for the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) Centennial Lecture Series:

• Lecture Title: What Can Linked Administrative Data Sets Teach Us About Eviction And Poverty In America?

• Thursday, August 24, 2pm EST

• Online via Zoom

• Free registration here

Highlights from the Blog

Our latest blog posts include an insightful look at Learning Collider from founder Peter Bergman and a deep-dive with Nitya Raviprakash, the lab’s first Data Scientist - now Data Science Manager.

Plus, Data Scientist Leoson Hoay contributed to our blog with a clever data hack to a cumbersome data-cleaning task: relabeling categorical data in SQL. Data professionals and enthusiasts alike may also appreciate our explainer on selection bias.

Check out Learning Collider’s new Impact Area webpages where you can quickly access blogs relevant to Education, Housing, and Workforce.

Expanding the Research Library

If you haven’t perused our virtual Research Library, take a break from scrolling and do some deep reading. Bookmark this page as we’re working behind the scenes to add working papers and publications from our affiliate network, emphasizing the research that informs our lab’s work.

You can also follow us LinkedIn. We post about new and noteworthy content, including resources from the Research Library, news from partners and affiliates, and trends relevant to economics research, data science, algorithm fairness, and social impact.

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