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This week at CBPP, we focused on housing, food assistance, and health.
- On housing, Sonya Acosta and Erik Gartland noted that a Senate appropriations bill would fund critical housing programs, while the House bill would pursue harmful cuts. We also updated our report on lessons from the project-based voucher (PBV) program that should guide future policy.
- On food assistance, Joseph Llobrera and Lauren Hall updated our report on how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps millions of workers in low-paying jobs.
- On health, we updated our resource tracking states’ unwinding from Medicaid continuous coverage.
Chart of the Week – 77% of Low-Income Renters Needing Federal Rental Assistance Don’t Receive It
77% of Low-Income Renters Needing Federal Rental Assistance Don't Receive It
Unassisted vs. assisted households, headed by someone who:
Note: Groups of household types are sized (on left) by number "needing assistance,” which means they pay more than 30 percent of monthly income on housing and/or are living in overcrowded or substandard housing. "Low income" = 80 percent or less of median income. For more on how we count assisted renters, please see our federal rental assistance factsheets methodology.
Sources: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) custom tabulations of the 2021 American Housing Survey and CBPP tabulations of 2022 HUD administrative data; 2023 McKinney-Vento Permanent Supportive Housing, Transitional Housing, Safe Havens, and Other Permanent Housing bed counts; 2021-2022 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grantee performance profiles; and the Department of Agriculture's FY2023 Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Report.
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts recently. Here are some highlights:
Senate Kills Bipartisan Tax Bill
Wall Street Journal
August 1, 2024
Senate GOP blocks tax bill as Democrats spotlight child tax credit in election-year push
CNN
August 1, 2024
Republicanos impiden avance de ley fiscal y los demócratas enfatizan crédito por hijo
El Tiempo Latino
August 1, 2024
Senate Republicans block bipartisan bill helping 500K Pa. children
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 1, 2024
Expanded child tax credit failed in the Senate. Here's what it means for families
CNBC
August 1, 2024
Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks
Associated Press
August 1, 2024
Senate fails to advance major tax bill that would expand Child Tax Credit
CBS News
August 1, 2024
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