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The Urban Institute has released results from the December 2020 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey. The report, “Average Decline in Material Hardship during the Pandemic Conceals Unequal Circumstances,” identifies the divergent experiences of households whose employment was affected in 2020 and…
The National Equity Atlas and the Right to the City Alliance have released a new Rent Debt Dashboard, which currently estimates that 5,744,000 households are behind on rent and that the total estimated rent debt is $19.75 billion. On that estimate, the average owed by a delinquent household would…
The Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute has released an estimate of the extent to which key provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act will affect the poverty rate in 2021. The report estimates that expanded unemployment insurance benefits, SNAP benefits, child tax credits, and…
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The year 2020 was a challenging one, to say the least. In March, most of the world went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, due to unenforced protocols, a lacking social safety net, and government incompetence, nearly 500,000 people in America have died from the…