Federal rental assistance helps struggling seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and working families keep a roof over their heads, often by helping them afford rental units they find in the private market. Ten million people in over 5 million low-income households receive federal rental assistance. Read more
To create the federal rental assistance factsheets for the 50 states, District of Columbia, and the United States, CBPP analyzed administrative data from the Department ... Read more
Federal Rental Assistance. Federal rental assistance programs enable about 5 million low-income households in the United States to rent modest housing at an affordable cost. ... Read more
Who Is Eligible, and for How Much? When filing taxes for 2019 (due in April 2020), working families with children that have annual incomes below ... Read more
Helping Low-Income Working Families The CTC includes a refundable component. This means that, if the value of the CTC exceeds the amount of federal income ... Read more
The major new tax law enacted in December 2017 is fundamentally flawed and will require a basic restructuring. These social media graphics highlight key problems with the new law, as well as other federal tax policy issues. Read more
As part of year-end tax and spending legislation, Congress may consider delaying or repealing several tax provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA): the 2.3 ... Read more
State policymakers can do more to ensure that low-income women and young children participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ... Read more
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the primary cash assistance program for families living in poverty, can play a key role in ensuring that families ... Read more
