Policymakers at all levels of government have many difficult choices to make as rising health care, education, and infrastructure costs place pressures on annual budgets and outpace revenue growth.
Pew helps legislators and public officials confront these challenges by sharing information and highlighting best practices that help governments achieve both short-term and long-term financial health and make smart investments in programs that provide the strongest returns.
Pew also seeks to increase state fiscal accountability, responsibility, and transparency by providing independent and unbiased information to policymakers, stakeholders, and the public, as well as help explain the complex ways that federal and state fiscal policy interact.
Managing a state’s finances—whether working to erase a budget deficit or reaching consensus on what to do with a surplus—is challenging. But planning for fiscal threats beyond the immediate budget cycle is not only far more complex, it’s often...
The Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative works to help policymakers reimagine their approach to housing by illuminating how regulations and statutes drive the housing shortage and rising costs. ...
Over the past several years, the U.S. Department of Education and Congress have made important policy changes to the federal student loan repayment system. But much work remains to ensure that borrowers fully benefit from these new policies...
A growing list of long-term budgetary challenges is making it increasingly difficult for states to plan for the future and address uncertain financial pressures. The Pew Charitable Trusts helps state policymakers prepare for new and emerging risks...
