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News May 7, 2025 Supercool, Penn IUR Launch Feature Spotlighting Mayors Driving Global Urban Climate Finance A partnership with Supercool, a leading climate solutions podcast, will highlight mayors who are innovating how cities finance sustainable development in the face of climate change. Climate Change & Resilience

News April 10, 2025 Penn IUR Celebrates 20 Years of Global Urban Leadership at Annual Forum The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) will host the 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum, a milestone event honoring visionary global leaders who have shaped today’s cities and have lessons for tomorrow's cities, on Friday, April 25. Urban Development

News March 19, 2025 Highway to Hell: Inside PennDOT’s Plan to Widen I-95 Through South Philly Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Erick Guerra was featured in Philadelphia Magazine speaking about the upcoming I-95 expansion. Urban Development

News March 12, 2025 What a Recession Would Mean for the Housing Market in 2025 Susan Wachter, Penn IUR's Co-Director, spoke to Newsweek on the impact a recession would have on the housing market. Housing

News March 12, 2025 How COVID-19 Changed the World Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter comments in Knowledge at Wharton on how COVID-19 reshaped cities & real estate—permanently. Urban Development

News February 19, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Urban Research Announces New Partnership with the Travelers Institute The University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) is proud to announce a new partnership with the Travelers Institute, the public policy division of Travelers, to help support Penn IUR’s Special Briefing on the Fiscal Outlook of State and Local Governments webinar and podcast series. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Joan Woodward State & Local Finance

News November 13, 2024 Penn IUR, CEBRI launch “Sustainable Urban Development: Governance, Finance and Politics” book at U20 Rio Summit Climate Change & Resilience

News October 28, 2024 Penn IUR, The United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) released a report with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, during COP16 Colombia. Amanda Lloyd Samuel Geldin Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

News August 19, 2024 Kamala Harris is going full YIMBY — and housing experts are optimistic Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter spoke with Yahoo News about Kamala Harris' housing plans.

News July 28, 2023 Mass transit agencies seeking financial solutions

News May 25, 2023 With many cities facing a fiscal cliff as ARPA funding ends, debt ceiling debate continues on Capitol Hill

News February 27, 2023 With economic downturn on the horizon, states and local governments are well positioned financially

News February 16, 2023 Surpluses stuffed while debt ceiling looms

News January 19, 2023 With the rise of remote work, American cities face an ‘urban doom loop’ as revenue declines

News December 5, 2022 Experts examine municipal financial health

News November 18, 2022 From the U.N. climate conference, advice for Philly as it adapts to global warming

News May 19, 2022 The Case for Going Big With Infrastructure Spending

News May 19, 2022 Muni bonds still have role amid federal infrastructure dollars

News April 25, 2022 What Inflation Means for State and Local Budgets

News December 20, 2021 House prices in Arizona are rising and that could be bad news for Australia's property market

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