Updated Database, New Report Hold Key Information for State and Local Affordable Housing Programs

Matthew Clarke is with the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

With support from CBPP, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has released an update to the Rental Housing Programs Database (RHPD) and accompanying report...

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A Clear Policy Choice: Repeat Success by Expanding the EITC for Adults Without Children

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) provides a powerful wage boost. But for three decades, this bipartisan policy success has provided limited help to adults who work for low wages and who are not...

Health Coverage Enrollment Training and Resources Available in Spanish

While the uninsured rate fell to an all-time low in the latest Census data, people with limited English proficiency (LEP) continue to be uninsured at higher rates than people who are English proficient, and they...

4 Ways SNAP Provides Key Benefits to Workers and Their Families

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, helps more than 40 million people put food on the table each month. While two-thirds of participants aren’t expected to work because they are...

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This week and last week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, health, and the economy.  

• On food assistance, we updated our quick guide to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility and benefits. (Este contenido está...

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This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, health, state budgets and taxes, the federal budget, and the economy.

• On food assistance, Dottie Rosenbaum emphasized that the House...

Alabama and Utah Join Growing Number of States Moving to Reduce or Eliminate Sales Taxes on Groceries

This year, Alabama became the latest in a growing number of states that have reduced or eliminated sales taxes on groceries — with Utah moving to do the same pending voter approval in 2024. Both...

House Bills Expanding HSAs Would Boost High-Income Tax Breaks — Not Affordability of Care

Two bills due for House Ways and Means Committee consideration this week contain a slate of provisions that would expand health savings accounts (HSAs) — increasing tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit high-income people, exacerbating racial...

Puerto Rico and Other Territories Should Get Food Assistance Equity in Upcoming Farm Bill

More than 40 years ago, Puerto Rico was ousted from the nation’s federal food assistance program, with its food assistance benefits converted to an inflexible block grant and cut substantially. The upcoming farm bill is...