Many young people leaving foster care after they reach adulthood become homeless soon after losing the child welfare system’s support and, among those who do, more than half experience multiple episodes of...
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Posts on Housing
September 13, 2019
September 10, 2019
Economic hardship would be far more pervasive without key anti-poverty programs, Census data released today show, with programs like SNAP (food stamps), the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Child Tax Credit, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) keeping millions of people above the poverty line in 2018.
The Trump Administration has targeted a number of key assistance programs for...
August 5, 2019
Policymakers’ recent bipartisan budget deal eliminates the risk of deep federal budget cuts in fiscal year 2020 and paves the way for Congress to provide more funding for key priorities. One priority should be the...
June 27, 2019
A proposed Trump Administration rule would ban certain families with immigrants from most federal rental assistance programs, forcing...
June 18, 2019
In a little-noticed move, the Trump Administration is proposing a new roadblock for U.S. citizens who are seeking federal rental assistance, including the more than 9 million citizens who are now receiving aid.
June 18, 2019
The House this week will begin debate on a package of appropriations bills that would, in its 2020 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), invest substantial resources to help low-income families struggling with high housing costs. These resources include $25...
May 22, 2019
The bill would invest substantial additional resources to help low-income families that struggle with the high cost of housing.
May 10, 2019
Mother’s Day should remind policymakers to help more mothers afford high-quality child care and stable housing for their families. The President and Congress can do that by overriding the deep funding cuts scheduled for 2020 under the 2011 Budget Control Act (BCA) and making sizable new investments in child care and housing — such as by enacting the...
May 9, 2019
Update, May 16: We’ve updated this post.
Federal rental assistance helps low-income families afford stable housing and prevents homelessness in every state, as our new interactive state fact sheets...
April 30, 2019
As policymakers consider proposals to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure, they should prioritize funds to address public housing’s unmet renovation needs and build and preserve other housing that’s affordable to the lowest-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities.
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