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Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing

Everyone can do something to expand housing security in their own communities. Find the robust set of solutions for effective, equitable, and sustainable housing in the full solutions framework.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

01.04.2021
Family Finances

Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing

One in three US households—nearly 100 million people—struggle with housing costs that jeopardize their financial security. The problem is acute for vir ...

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

01.14.2020
Family Finances

Understanding the student debt crisis

October 15, 2019 Aspen FSP program manager Katherine Lucas McKay joins Matt Yglesias of Vox's "the Weeds" podcast to discuss the origins and consequences of America's ballooning student loan debt.

BY Katherine Lucas McKay & 1 more

Of Interest

10.18.2019
Family Finances

Exploring Consumer Debt with Petal Card

Managing Director of Aspen’s Financial Security Program Joanna Smith-Ramani joins Petal Card’s Co-Founder and CEO Jason Gross to explore some of the problems surrounding access to credit.

BY Financial Security Program

Video

07.25.2018
Finance and Assets

EPIC Consumer Debt Convening Video Series

In November 2017, EPIC hosted a private convening that brought together a group of experts across multiple sectors to discuss the multi-faceted issue of consumer debt.

BY EPIC

Video

01.04.2018
Family Finances

Seeking Solutions to Income Volatility in St. Louis

According to an Urban Institute study, one in four American families are hit with unexpected disruption in income every year. For some, this volatility exists year-to-year, others see it as much as month-to-month or week-to-week. In this post, Tishaura O. Jones, Treasurer of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, discusses income volatility in her city and her work with EPIC's Finance Forward series.

BY Tishaura O. Jones, Treasurer, City of St. Louis

Blog Post

10.13.2017
Family Finances

Introducing EPIC's Newest Topic: Consumer Debt

In May 2016, we launched the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC). The initiative grew out of a recognition that the financial challenges facing Americans today are evolving in an increasingly complex, unpredictable economy and labor market. More than ever, there is need to shine a light on these challenges and the ways in which they undermine household financial security. The ultimate goal of each EPIC round is to build leadership committed to identify and implement solutions that will improve the financial lives of millions of people.

BY EPIC

Blog Post

10.05.2017
Family Finances

Income Volatility in the Service Sector

This new EPIC research brief enhances our understanding of the connections between income swings and family outcomes for hourly retail workers.

BY Daniel Schneider, & 1 more

Publication

07.07.2017
Family Finances

How Smarter, Faster Paychecks Could Mitigate Volatility

When and how workers get paid is an untapped opportunity for building financial security.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

06.05.2017