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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…
June 20, 2024
The War on Poverty at 60: Lessons to Inform the Future
…Society and welfare reform and what policymakers should do going forward. Isabel V. Sawhill of the Brookings Institution advocated increasing the minimum wage and expanding the earned income tax credit…
March 28, 2024
An Early Look at the Child Tax Credit Changes in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
…responses. In the meantime, our early look at H.R. 7024’s changes to the CTC provides some initial evidence to policymakers as they consider the legislation’s merits. Read the full report….
March 25, 2024
Families Slip Back Into Poverty After Pandemic-Era Child Tax Credit Expires
Watch the full video here. During the pandemic, lawmakers dramatically, but temporarily, expanded the social safety net, including more money for families with children. The impacts of those changes are…
February 27, 2024
Options for Improving the Child Tax Credit Provisions in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
…policy reforms better suited to the current fiscal environment. We recognize policymakers’ urge to expand benefits for families that have weathered recent high inflation. Nevertheless, if lawmakers intend to pass…
January 29, 2024
Let’s Not Turn the Child Tax Credit Into Welfare
…policymakers will ultimately have to decide what the CTC should be: Is it tax relief for families, or is it a welfare program? The newly proposed CTC changes are part…
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 12, 2023
Underserved: A Conversation with Ja’Ron Smith and Chris Pilkerton
Event Summary On December 12, AEI’s Scott Winship and former Trump administration officials Ja’Ron Smith and Chris Pilkerton discussed how policymakers can improve the lives of people in underserved communities…
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 30, 2023
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…This relative measure adjusts yearly thresholds in line with median income changes. “The dramatic reduction in poverty by 2019 based on President Johnson’s absolute 1960s standards suggests that policymakers might…