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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed on April 7 an interim spending bill that would provide an additional $250 billion for the new Paycheck Protection Program established in the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.” In response, Senate Minority Leader Chuck…
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) led a group of 28 senators in a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on April 7 urging the secretary to ensure people experiencing homelessness receive coronavirus relief payments. The senators noted that individuals experiencing homelessness…
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) introduced a new tool, the Rent Payment Tracker, which collects weekly data from 13.4 million apartments about when rent payments have been made. They report a 12 percentage-point decrease since last month in the share of renter households in these…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report assessing how well Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) serves families in poverty. They find that the proportion of needy families assisted by TANF has decreased dramatically over time. Whereas its predecessor, Aid to Families…