From Keystone Research Center/Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (https://krc-pbpc.org/): The economic loss and hardship of COVID-19 and its new variants are far from over for Pennsylvania communities – particularly Pennsylvanians of color and those with low incomes. The need for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/14/incredible-covid-stimulus-funds-reduced-overall-us-poverty-2020 “Giving people money is a great way to fight poverty,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. KENNY STANCIL September 14, 2021 Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing spike in unemployment, poverty in the U.S. declined by roughly 2.6% from 2019 … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): The House Financial Services Committee voted 28 to 22 to approve the “Expediting Assistance to Renters and Landlords Act,” introduced by Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) to address and correct many of the … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): All week, House committees have been approving details of what’s going to be in the final Build Back Better package, and from what we’ve heard, there are a lot of groundbreaking provisions included. Our … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): The House Financial Services Committee just voted 30 to 24 to approve legislation to invest $327 billion in affordable housing, including significant funding for the HoUSed campaign’s top priorities: $90 billion for rental … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s go time. Within the next three weeks the U.S. Congress could finally, finally, pass comprehensive paid family and medical leave, but only if we keep the pressure on and keep it hot. Go to https://action.momsrising.org/sign/TimetoCare … Continued
From Family Values @ Work (https://familyvaluesatwork.org/): This week, the US House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee gave shape to President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. We were proud to see paid family and medical leave for all as its … Continued
Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, September 8, 2021 — A report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) underscores the unacceptably high levels of food insecurity driven by COVID-19 during 2020, … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): This is it. We’ve been working to build a more just and humane immigration system since starting in justice work 16 years ago, and we finally have a hopeful pathway to citizenship for many of our … Continued
Government Relations and Advocacy Manager The Government Relations and Advocacy Manager will manage and implement the Housing Alliance’s efforts to educate state and federal policymakers on housing, homelessness, and community development. This position has a combined focus of building relationships … Continued