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August 26, 2024
Vouching for Self-Sufficiency
…According to Elizabeth Grossman, general counsel for FHJC, “There is no valid or even rational reason for landlords and brokers to discriminate against those with housing vouchers.” That’s just not…
December 21, 2023
Our Policies to Address Homelessness Are Failing
…record for a single-year increase. Our homeless population is now the largest it has ever been. Policy-makers must wake up to this national crisis. Our current approach is broken, and…
December 1, 2023
Cities Use Covid Funds to Run Guaranteed-Income Experiments
…let it expire amid legitimate concerns over excess federal spending. Lawmakers also worried that the child tax credit would severely inhibit workforce participation. University of Chicago researchers estimate that if…
November 21, 2023
Defining Poverty Up
…and destructive behavior” such as soaring out-of-wedlock childbearing behind increased welfare dependence. Policy-makers responded to Moynihan’s call, and the bipartisan 1994 crime bill (which Moynihan supported) and 1996 welfare-reform law…