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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,…
The U.S. Census Bureau released two annual reports on income and poverty on September 12. Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016 shows that median household income increased by 3.2% between 2015 and 2016 to $59,039. The poverty rate declined by 0.8 percentage points to 12.7%. The…
Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) released its 2017 Scorecard on financial well-being, On Track or Left Behind: Findings from the 2017 Prosperity Now Scorecard. While unemployment declined in 2016 to 4.9% and the poverty rate declined to 13.8%, long-term financial security remains out of reach for…