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Housing Will expanding the capital gains exclusion unlock housing supply?

William G. Gale, Elena Patel, Tayae Rogers, John Sabelhaus

February 2, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 25: Demonstrators march through downtown protesting ICE operations and the death of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA medical center, died yesterday after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis. Good was killed by an ICE agent on January 7. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Cities & Communities Immigrant communities have helped Minneapolis prosper. The federal crackdown threatens to undermine that.

Andre M. Perry

January 30, 2026

STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024 in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, according to a report this year cited in published accounts, but is facing headwinds from availability of land and electric power. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Infrastructure Why community benefit agreements are necessary for data centers

Nicol Turner Lee, Darrell M. West

January 29, 2026

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Dana R. Fisher Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management (CEPM)

Ryan Donahue Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Jan Whittington Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Indermit Gill

Indermit Gill Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Martha Ross

Martha Ross Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Metropolitan Policy Program Fellow Joseph Parilla

Joseph Parilla Senior Fellow & Director of Applied Research - Brookings Metro

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