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The House Financial Services Committee unanimously passed the “Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Act” (HR 4258) on November 14. The bill, introduced by Representatives Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), permanently reauthorizes the FSS, combines the FSS programs for Housing Choice Voucher…
Republican leaders in the Senate canceled a vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after determining the bill did not have enough support to pass. The decision was made after Republican Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), John McCain (R-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME)…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on September 27 examining HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency program (FSS). While the FSS program was praised as a success and subcommittee members supported the program’s goals and methods, witnesses expressed a need for…
The 2017 Distressed Communities Index by the Economic Innovation Group highlights the health consequences of economic disparity between communities. The report determined the economic strength of U.S. ZIP codes and counties based on residents’ educational attainment, poverty, adult unemployment,…