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Upcoming and Recent Events
Housing + Covid-19: Addressing the Pandemic's Impact on Homeowners and Tenants

Join us on Nov. 5 to discuss strategies that localities can adopt to ensure an equitable housing and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and set the stage for long-term affordability and stability.

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Toward an Inclusive Recovery: Understanding and Empowering Women’s Economic Participation

This research seminar will explore issues related to women’s economic declines during the pandemic and the ability of women to participate equally in existing markets, post-recession.
October 21, 2021 | Virtual

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A Year of Crisis, and Now What? Where Our Main Streets Go from Here

Join us for this webinar exploring what’s at stake for small businesses and their lenders in underserved areas.
April 8, 2021 | Virtual

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Debt in Texas: Medical Debt and Its Impact on Household Financial Security

This event will convene funders, hospital system representatives, state and local policymakers, and community organizations that work on medical debt. Together, we will identify the scope of the problem as well as steps we can collectively take to address it.
March 24–25 | Virtual

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In-depth Reports and Articles
Small Business Conditions
Small Business Credit Survey: 2019 Report on Employer Firms

This report presents national survey findings on business conditions, financial challenges and credit environment from the perspective of small business owners with employees.

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Employer-Led Approach to Workforce Development Promises to Better Align Texas Workers with In-Demand Jobs

While workforce development efforts are ongoing across the country, they do not always produce the regional pools of quality talent that employers need. One approach designed to create a workforce “supply chain” is achieving success in several states and is about to take off across Texas.

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Retirement Reality Check

While longer-term concerns may be taking a backseat to short-term ones during the crisis, the pandemic underscores how important it is for individuals to invest in their own financial security.

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Moments That Matter

A report analyzing results from a survey of women-veteran-business owners in Dallas–Fort Worth

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Consumer Credit Trends for Travis County

This report provides a look at important debt trends and loan performance in Travis County. It is part of a series of Texas county reports.

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Consumer Credit Trends for El Paso County

This report uses Equifax data to analyze four major types of consumer loans: auto, credit card, mortgage and student. It is part of a series of Texas county reports.

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Consumer Credit Trends for Bexar County

This report uses a nationally representative loan-level dataset from Equifax to study consumer use and timely payment of four major loan types in Bexar County.

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Opportunity Youth in Texas

While many adverse situations contribute to a young adult becoming disconnected from school and the workforce, researchers coined the phrase “opportunity youth” to emphasize their potential economic and social contributions.

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