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President and CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition @nlihc. Formerly: @enterprisenow @hudgov @oxfamamerica @mahomeless & @peacecorps
Food Research & Action Center
Improve the well-being of people struggling against poverty-related hunger in the US through advocacy, partnerships, & by advancing bold and equitable policies.
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We're a national nonprofit that works to reduce poverty, improve the lives of people with low incomes, and create pathways to economic security for everyone.
#GreatRead from American Progress - the 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations were a failure. We have an opportunity to fix them next year.
americanprogress.org/article/the-ta…
We all need a safe place to call home. In our new Center on Budget blog, Peggy Bailey (@peggybaileydc.bsky.social) and I explain that we can solve #homelessness if we address its primary driver: the gap between incomes and rents. cbpp.org/blog/solutions…
Good news: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued a final regulation that will lessen hardship for struggling families & simplify needlessly complex SSI rules, reducing administrative burdens on applicants and beneficiaries. Here's more. 1/7 federalregister.gov/documents/2024…
This week at CBPP, we focused on #StateBudgets and #taxes , #FoodAssistance , and #housing . cbpp.org/blog/in-case-y…
#GreatWatch from Last Week Tonight on #Medicaid unwinding, featuring our report explaining how states administering Medicaid can reduce burdens on enrollees & applicants to advance health & racial equity. cbpp.org/research/healt…
📅 Tomorrow: catch Steve Berg and partners from National Low Income Housing Coalition, National Coalition for the Homeless, Center on Budget, National Homelessness Law Center, & Housing Narrative Lab for a discussion on solutions to homelessness in light of the Grants Pass v. Johnson #SCOTUS case 👇
Building equitable & thriving economies starts with addressing the historical marginalization of Black women in policy decisions. Whitney Tucker explains how applying a #BlackWomenBest framework to state tax policy will lead to better outcomes for all people: cbpp.org/research/state…
Just in case you were wondering how the Trump tax cuts will be distributed next year:
Households in the top 1% will get a $61k average tax cut.
The bottom 60% will get less than $1/day.
This is why we call it a tax scam—and Republicans want to extend it. #StopTrumpsTaxScam
Jailing/fining people for sleeping outside is not the solution to rising levels of homelessness—housing is. Expanding rental assistance can help close the widening gap between incomes and rents. More from Peggy Bailey (@peggybaileydc.bsky.social) and Anna Bailey cbpp.org/blog/solutions…
