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The 2019 Prosperity Now Scorecard reports that 40% of households are liquid-asset poor, meaning they lack savings to make ends meet for three months at the poverty level if their income is interrupted. Despite a growing economy, the Scorecard shows household financial vulnerability across the…
The fifth edition of the Menino Survey of Mayors from Boston University’s “Initiative on Cities” found that mayors across the political spectrum identify high housing costs as one of the biggest obstacles to social mobility. Twenty percent of mayors agree that declining housing prices would be good…
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act” now has companion legislation in the House of Representatives, introduced by Representatives Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Elijah Cummings (D-MD). The bill proposes new solutions to…
A report by Andrew Dumont from the Federal Reserve Board examines how states are using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program to help rural communities with their affordable housing needs as other federal housing resources for rural housing have declined. Some states appear to allocate…