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Opportunity Insights (OI) launched a real-time Economic Tracker that provides current data on the economic impacts of COVID-19. The tracker includes indictors from six domains: employment, consumer spending, business revenue and activity, online educational progress/participation, public health,…
The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with five federal agencies, began administering a Household Pulse Survey to collect data on household experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey collects data on household employment, food security, health status, housing security, and educational…
Participate in a tweetstorm on June 1 (when a new month’s rent is due) at 1 pm ET calling for robust housing resources and other provisions in the next coronavirus response bill. NLIHC and our partners around the country are urging Congress to include funding to meet the urgent needs of people…
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released its “Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2019, Featuring Supplemental Data from April 2020.” The report finds that even before the onset of COVID-19, 25% of adults struggled financially, and 37% of adults would not be…