#QJE Aug 2025, #11, “The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Desegregation Program: Gautreaux,” by Chyn (ericchyn.bsky.social), Collinson (@racollinson.bsky.social), and Sandler (@dismalscientist86.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Handle typo/fail in my first post... sorry @denizdutz.bsky.social !

Accessible write-up from the Tobin Center : tobin.yale.edu/research/eff...

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The impacts of eviction do not appear to be driven by changes in neighborhood or school quality, but by reductions in school attachment & engagement.

Access to family support networks (e.g. moving-in w/ extended family) may moderate some of these effects.

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NBER WP: www.nber.org/papers/w33659

Importantly, we find that eviction reduces high school credits, and lowers high school graduation rates.

The effects appear most disruptive for boys, and older children.

We also provide new descriptive facts on kids facing & show how eviction changes family living arrangements

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All large orgs, gov't or private, contain some waste/inefficiencies. It is worthwhile to try minimize it. That said, eliminating technical expertise and institutional knowledge is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Research & analysis make government more efficient, not less efficient.

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HUD PD&R conducts precisely this work, not just in response to the foreclosure crisis or the pandemic, but also assists FEMA when natural disasters hit. These capacities are now being stripped from the agency and we will be worse-off for it.

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The answer is that funds typically flow to the areas that need the funds the most... how is this possible? Because we typically entrust these decisions to career government employees who use data-driven methods to distribute funds in a targeted, apolitical fashion.

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I also want to highlight a lesser-known role of PD&R: the allocation of federal funds to states and localities. When disaster strikes (natural or economic), who decides where taxpayer dollars flow? Do federal funds go to the constituents of the loudest member of Congress?

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It also funds numerous surveys: the AHS, the Survey of New Construction, Survey of Market Absorption etc that are public goods providing essential signals to the private market about underlying housing market dynamics.

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Its housing market analyses ensured that FHA underwriting protected taxpayer resources, its analysis of income limits and FMRs kept HUD programs well-targeted and in-line with market fundamentals, and it’s monitoring reports were important inputs into fraud-detection.

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It led to important research on removing regulatory barriers to housing and improving manufactured housing that were aimed at bringing down housing costs for everyday Americans.

Beyond these research contributions, PD&R was also instrumental in the operations of HUD programs and the FHA

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Not unlike IES at ED, PD&R is the research & evaluation hub for HUD, providing critical evidence on what works. It supported landmark studies such as Moving to Opportunity (MTO), Jobs-Plus, the Family Options Study, the Housing Allowance Demand (and Supply) Experiments, and countless others.

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Such bad vibes all-around on offense. The indecision in the pocket the last two weeks feels unlike college Caleb and painfully like Justin’s last few years. Makes one wonder how much of this is driven by Eberflus obsession with not turning the ball over.