The primary mission of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) is to conduct, support and foster applied academic research that informs local, state, and urban policy issues.

The Center is housed within the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, where it helps scholars conduct policy-relevant social science research. CLOSUP functions as an information resource for policymakers and practitioners, academics, students, the media, and the public. The Center works to foster effective communication between academic researchers and the policymakers dealing with today's state, local, and urban policy problems. A second important goal of the Center is to facilitate student learning and engagement with today’s critical local, state, and urban policy issues.

Michigan Public Policy Survey Key Findings Report

The first key findings report from the first wave of the new Michigan Public Policy Survey is now available. Read more.

October 2009: Local Government Fiscal and Economic Development Issues

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) is a new, ongoing survey program targeted at the chief elected and the chief appointed official in every unit of general purpose local government in Michigan. MPPS is designed to gather both opinion and factual data on a wide variety of policy issues and local government operations at the grassroots level throughout Michigan. MPPS is conducted by CLOSUP in partnership with the Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Municipal League, and Michigan Townships Association.

Download the report.

Read the press release.

See news coverage of the MPPS.

Michigan Research Briefs

The series "Michigan Research Briefs" provides readers with a nonpartisan analysis of key policy topics facing Michigan today. The goal of these reports is to inform policy discussion throughout the state. The briefs do not represent original research, but rather aim to summarize the existing literature on the topic. Read more.

Transportation Funding: Highways, Roads and Bridges

CLOSUP has released the fifth report in its publication series Michigan Research Briefs: a Series on Key Policy Issues. This fifth brief in the series provides an overview of transporation funding for highways, roads and bridges, and offers information on possible policy options to modify that funding.

Download the brief.

See other briefs in the series released previously.

One remaining brief on prisons and corrections spending is yet to be released later this fall.


New Working Paper

Has Competition Led to Healthier Neighborhood Effects? A Study of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Projects Built by Three Sectors by Lan Deng, Asst. Professor of Urban Planning, University of Michigan

 

Events

CLOSUP-run and CLOSUP-sponsored events for academic year 2009-2010 are now being planned and will be announced here as soon as possible. Currently scheduled events are listed below.

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New Research Projects

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