Urge Congress to Prioritize Child Nutrition Programs and SNAP in Budget Reconciliation

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Urge your Members of Congress to: make important investments to strengthen and improve the child nutrition programs and SNAP through budget reconciliation; support nutrition and other anti-poverty proposals in the American Families … Continued

Eviction Moratorium Ends July 31; Urge Congress to Extend to Keep Renters Safely Housed During COVID Surge

From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): Yesterday, President Biden announced that he would not be extending the CDC Eviction Moratorium set to expire tomorrow, July 31st. We now need our members of Congress to act and protect the most vulnerable … Continued

‘Poverty Is a Policy Choice’: Study Projects Covid Aid Will Cut US Poverty Nearly in Half

Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/29/poverty-policy-choice-study-projects-covid-aid-will-cut-us-poverty-nearly-half “Eradicating poverty is not a utopian fantasy, it’s a policy option.” JAKE JOHNSON July 29, 2021 A detailed analysis of the impact of federal economic relief programs enacted throughout the course of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic projects that … Continued

Tell Congress to Expand Housing Choice Vouchers in Reconciliation to Help Stop Evictions

From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The federal moratorium on housing evictions is about to expire on July 31st and millions of Americans are on the verge of losing their homes. According to the US Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, … Continued

Report: Universal Access to Legal Counsel Could Help Prevent Evictions in PA

Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-07-29/housing-homelessness/report-universal-access-to-legal-counsel-could-help-prevent-evictions-in-pa/a75174-1 July 29, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — As housing advocates prepare for the end of the CDC’s eviction moratorium Saturday, a new report showed expanding access to legal representation for low-income … Continued

The President and Senators Reach Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

“The bottom line is—the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America that will help make our historic economic recovery a historic long-term boom.” -President Biden FACT SHEET: Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal  Statement by President Joe Biden on … Continued

Urge Our Senators and Representatives to Support the #HoUSed Campaign Priorities in the Spending Package

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From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): Congressional leaders are working to advance a comprehensive infrastructure and economic recovery package that must include significant investments in affordable housing for America’s lowest-income and most marginalized renters. Key decisions about the … Continued

The CDC Eviction Moratorium Ends—July 31, 2021; Issue Brief on Preventing Evictions

From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): Pennsylvania and its communities have been actively implementing eviction prevention and diversion strategies to keep families in their homes and make landlords whole. When the CDC eviction moratorium ends on July 31,  we expect … Continued