Community Development & Education

Affordable Housing
HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
Innovations in Baby Bonds
EVENT | January 16, 2025
On Thursday, January 16, 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with Asset Funders Network and the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School, hosted an in-person event highlighting how strategic investments in baby bonds, combined with direct financial assistance, can address wealth inequality.
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Household Financial Well-Being
An Economy That Works for All: Housing Affordability
EVENT | JANUARY 14, 2025
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, the New York Fed hosted the fourth annual An Economy That Works for All event. President John C. Williams delivered opening remarks. The hybrid event featured presentations on improving housing affordability in America, thereby making housing more inclusive and equitable and will be of interest to leaders of community organizations, state and local governments, and advocacy organizations.
Affordable Housing
HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
Measuring What Matters: Connecting Economic Prosperity with Household Well-being
EVENT | November 20, 2024
On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, will host an in-person event highlighting the Academy’s CORE Score, a measure of American well-being drawn from 11 indicators across four categories: economic security, economic opportunity, health, and political efficacy.
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Household Financial Well-being
The Making Missing Markets Initiative
BY David Erickson | November 6, 2024
The report analyzes overlapping vulnerabilities across under-resourced communities and introduces the Making Missing Markets initiative. The initiative examines cross-sector interventions that target the upstream determinants of health equity, climate adaptation and resilience, and economic growth, while connecting previously siloed resources dedicated to tackling these problems.
Global Investments in Health: Investing in Early Life for Future Returns
Climate
Flood Risk and the Tristate Housing Market
BY Jacob Scott and Claire Kramer Mills | October 2, 2024
The report analyzes flood risk to multifamily and single-family housing in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. It examines the risk to housing in low- and moderate-income census tracts and includes case studies on how four local governments are working to mitigate flood risk.
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Household Financial Well Being
Intermediating Impact: Making Missing Markets
EVENT | November 14, 2024
On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the New York Fed hosted an in-person event focused on creating and improving markets to deliver investments to under-resourced communities. The event focused on examples of effective channels for investing in the health, climate resilience, and household financial well-being of communities.

The Case for Investments Over the Life Course
HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
The Future of New York City: Focus on Jobs
EVENT | October 4, 2024
On Friday, October 4, 2024, the New York Fed hosted a half-day conference focused on the future of employment in New York City. Topics included how the composition of jobs in the city has changed since the pandemic; what’s needed to create jobs that pay family-sustaining wages and provide broad-based prosperity to the city; and how to develop and attract workers to fill jobs.

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Climate
2024 Environmental Economics and Policy Conference: Future Environmental Markets
EVENT | September 20, 2024
On Friday, September 20, 2024, the New York Fed, in partnership with SIPA at Columbia University, hosted the third annual event featuring a keynote from Solomon Hsiang, Professor of Global Environmental Policy and panel discussions with expert practitioners exploring environment-related dimensions and innovations in insurance and non-financial markets.

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Household Financial Well-Being
Promising Approaches to Financing Child Care Facilities
EVENT | September 19, 2024
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the New York Fed, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, hosted an in-person event at Connecticut’s Housatonic Community College on innovative financing in the child care sector.

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Health
Exploring Healthy Longevity Cities
EVENT | September 16, 2024
On Monday, September 16, 2024, the New York Fed, in partnership with the New York Academy of Medicine, hosted a hybrid event focused on how cities can foster long and healthy lives for their residents. The event exploreed global best practices from cities with a strong population of healthy seniors.

Affordable Housing
Climate
Book: “What’s Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods”
EVENT | May 17, 2024
Learn about What’s Possible, a collaboration of Enterprise, LISC, and the New York Fed. The book gathers the voices of leading climate and community development experts and offers practical solutions for clean energy, resilience, and equity, intended as a playbook for taking collective action to build a stronger, more inclusive future.
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ECONOMIC EDUCATION
"How Does Where You Live Influence How You Live?" A Lesson Plan on Redlining
New York Fed | May 2021
Learn about the history of redlining and its impact on wealth and health inequalities using historical maps and other primary sources. This three-module lesson plan includes handouts, video links, and a podcast to examine the connection between homeownership and disparities in wealth and health.
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