From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): Congress is approaching final budget negotiations on emergency relief legislation. This should provide a substantial increase in affordable housing funding to remedy the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and strengthen these programs for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/23/wyden-warns-millions-poor-families-could-be-denied-child-tax-credit-unless-irs-acts Without urgent fixes to a shoddy online application portal, Wyden said, many of “America’s most vulnerable communities” will not receive the expanded monthly benefit. JAKE JOHNSON July 23, 2021 Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the powerful Senate … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): A lack of investment in our care economy has left seniors and people with disabilities without the ability to remain in their homes and stay active in their communities. Meanwhile, care workers have … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-22/energy-policy/report-30m-solar-homes-could-boost-jobs-benefit-environment/a75102-1 July 22, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. – With federal investment, a proposal to connect 30 million homes in the United States to solar energy could have a big … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Join us at https://action.momsrising.org/sign/sandwich-generation-paid-leave in asking our members of Congress to pass a permanent and comprehensive and fully funded paid family and medical leave policy in the next reconciliation package. When I think of summer, I … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): We face a crisis in child care and early education. The pandemic has made it incredibly difficult for families to find and afford quality child care. Even as the pandemic recedes, this remains … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): WASHINGTON, July 15, 2021 — Today, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) released its Food Insufficiency During COVID-19 Dashboard to illustrate how the pandemic has caused alarming spikes in hunger in America. The Dashboard features … Continued
From Keystone Research Center/Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (https://krc-pbpc.org/): This is a problem we need to understand and we must demand that those in greatest need are able to access the very funds that were intended to provide help. Funds … Continued
From the Juggernaut Project (https://juggernautproject.com/): This year, millions of Americans have experienced weather whiplash — the chaotic temperature and climatic changes that brought snow and below-freezing temperatures to the American South in February and a heatwave that just scorched the … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released Out of Reach 2021. This report highlights the mismatch between the wages people earn and the price of decent rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, … Continued