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A view of two three-story, sixplex apartment buildings that are under construction on a compact urban lot in St. Paul, Minnesota, on a clear spring day. The buildings appear mostly completed except for siding and exterior finishes. They are partially wrapped in white Tyvek sheeting and the site is crowded with stacks of construction materials and temporary security fencing.
Housing policies in Saint Paul yield mixed results, data and developers sayErik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and EngagementLibby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and EngagementMaxine Xu | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement
June 3, 2026
Article
Saint Paul Housing DashboardMaxine Xu | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement
June 3, 2026
Data
Part of the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, Minnesota, is seen in the early morning light on a clear spring day. The foreground shows a townhome development, the middle ground shows a newer-construction apartment building for seniors, and the background shows a midrise condominium building.
Twin Cities region misses its housing marksJuliet Cramer | Associate Data Scientist, Community Development and EngagementBen Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and EngagementLibby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
May 8, 2026
Article
A view of the interior of Grindstone Laundry, a commercial laundry facility operated by Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures and located in Hinckley, Minnesota. The large, brightly lit space houses an array of blue industrial-sized laundry machines, bins full of linens, conveyers, and other equipment. Three workers appear in the center of the shot. The most visible of them is a woman wearing a light pink shirt.
Tribes harness industry experience to enter new marketsAva LaPlante | Associate Data Scientist, Center for Indian Country Development

Sakariye Mohamed | Intern, Community Development and Engagement

Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement
April 30, 2026
Article
CICD Working Paper teal graphic
Understanding the Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership

Helen Banga

Donn Feir | CICD Research Fellow (former)Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development
April 29, 2026
Research
An image of a construction worker combined with an image of two women working in a restaurant
How Can Public Policy Boost Hiring?
Event on May 21, 2026
Event
Two women are seen in profile interacting inside a Latino restaurant. The woman on the left wears a white shirt and speaks to the woman on the right, who wears a black shirt and glasses and holds a clipboard. The restaurant's menu signage, which is in shades of orange, yellow, and dark red, is visible behind them.
Understanding policy responses to weak labor demandCaryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and EngagementAyushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
April 14, 2026
Article
A street-level view of the intersection of First Avenue North and Roberts Street North in Fargo, North Dakota, looking east on a partly cloudy summer day. An older, four-story, brick building appears on the left and the newer-construction, five-story Cityscapes Plaza apartments appears on the right.
How a population boom changed North Dakota’s housing marketsJuliet Cramer | Associate Data Scientist, Community Development and EngagementBen Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and EngagementLibby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
April 2, 2026
Article
Staff Reports
Large-Scale Public Hiring and Labor Market Outcomes

Adam Bee | U.S. Census Bureau

Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
March 27, 2026
Research
The left side of the image shows a woman standing indoors, looking outside through the open, white miniblinds of a large window on a bright day. She wears a red shirt that buttons down the front and has long blond hair pulled back in a ponytail. The right side of the image shows a group of nine checkboxes arranged haphazardly. Seven of the boxes are marked with a black X and two of them are marked with a green check mark.
Varied unemployment insurance criteria make for uneven worker experiencesJuliet Cramer | Associate Data Scientist, Community Development and EngagementAyushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and EngagementRyan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement (former)
March 19, 2026
Article
A view inside a sun-filled room in a hospital intensive care unit, where a nurse dressed in light blue scrubs adjusts the blanket as she makes the hospital bed.
Tribes embrace Section 105(l) leasing to generate facility funding

Phil Gover | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development

Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development
March 18, 2026
Article
Staff Reports
Large-Scale Public Hiring, Wages, and Community Outcomes: Evidence from the Works Progress AdministrationAyushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
March 9, 2026
Research