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Congress passed and President Trump signed into law a $2 trillion direct spending bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill passed out of the Senate the evening of March 25 on a unanimous vote, passed the House by voice vote March 27, and was signed into law by the president the same…
Due to the worsening COVID-19 crisis, President Trump declared a national emergency on March 13. In doing so, the president declared an emergency under two separate laws. The first declaration – made under the National Emergencies Act - triggers emergency authority to waive federal requirements…
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on March 12 the “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act” (S. 3452). This comprehensive bill is designed to reduce the shortcomings of current housing policies and funding levels by boldly addressing disparities and systemic obstacles to…
A paper published by the Urban Institute, “Spatial Mismatch and Federally Supported Rental Housing,” found that assisted households had substantially lower access to jobs within a standard commuting distance than did extremely low-income unassisted rental households. The study included households…