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For Struggling Renters: Housing Vouchers for All Who Need Them

February 1, 2021 | Will Fischer

Policymakers can best help renters afford stable housing during the current crisis and beyond by making Housing Choice Vouchers available to more low-income people — and ultimately to all...

An Agenda for the Future of Public Housing

March 11, 2021

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Solving Urgent Housing Problems Requires Pairing Investments in Housing Stock With Expansion of Housing Vouchers

March 30, 2021

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Housing Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Prevent Millions of Evictions, Help People Experiencing Homelessness

March 11, 2021

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People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness Should Be a Priority in State COVID-19 Responses

June 10, 2020

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Fischer: Reversing Harmful Trump Policies Will Advance Housing Justice

January 26, 2021 | Will Fischer

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2019 Income-Rent Gap Underscores Need for Rental Assistance, Census Data Show

September 18, 2020 | Erik Gartland

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Parrott: President Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Addresses Crucial National Needs

April 9, 2021

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Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships

April 8, 2021

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Solving Urgent Housing Problems Requires Pairing Investments in Housing Stock With Expansion of Housing Vouchers

March 30, 2021

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American Rescue Plan: Shots in Arms and Money in Pockets

March 25, 2021

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Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Children, Supporting Workers, and Expanding Health Coverage

March 24, 2021

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American Rescue Plan Act Will Help Millions and Bolster the Economy

March 15, 2021

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Federal rental assistance enables 5 million low-income households to afford modest homes, and three major programs — Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing — assist 90 percent of them.

We work with state and local housing agencies and advocates to improve the effectiveness of federal low-income housing programs, and we study how well-designed housing assistance programs can advance such goals as reducing concentrations of poverty.

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Parrott: President Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Addresses Crucial National Needs

This budget request marks an important break from more than a decade of underinvestment across a range of...

Solving Urgent Housing Problems Requires Pairing Investments in Housing Stock With Expansion of Housing Vouchers

Affordable housing is a key part of the nation’s economic infrastructure. Expanding its availability is an effective way to reduce poverty and homelessness and to help build a more equitable...

American Rescue Plan: Shots in Arms and Money in Pockets

As the President and Congress turn to economic recovery legislation this spring and summer, however, they have a historic opportunity to make permanent progress by addressing the underlying...

Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Children, Supporting Workers, and Expanding Health Coverage

The recovery legislation that policymakers will consider later this year provides a historic opportunity to build toward an equitable...

Housing Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Prevent Millions of Evictions, Help People Experiencing Homelessness

The American Rescue Plan Act includes substantial aid for millions of people who are struggling to pay their rent and avoid eviction, as well as badly needed resources to help communities address...

An Agenda for the Future of Public Housing

Public housing can deliver major benefits to the people it serves, not only helping them keep a roof over their heads but also potentially acting as a platform for services that improve other aspects...

An Agenda for the Future of Public Housing

American Rescue Plan Act Will Help Millions and Bolster the Economy

The American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress has passed and President Biden is expected to sign on March 12, will provide needed help to tens of millions of people, reduce high levels of hardship,...

House Relief Package Would Help Millions and Bolster the Economy

The House’s emerging economic relief package would provide needed help to tens of millions of people, reduce high levels of hardship, help school districts address student learning loss, and...

Roundup: Congressional Action on COVID Relief

Both the House and the Senate have passed a fiscal year 2021 budget resolution and will work in the coming weeks to pass urgently needed COVID-19 relief legislation. We’ve excerpted below CBPP’s...

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