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By Les Christie The housing market is gaining strength thanks in part to government programs aimed at helping struggling homeowners, the latest Obama Administration Housing Scorecard released ...
The nation's unemployment rate increased to 9.8 percent in November, the highest level in seven months, the Labor Department announced today. While Higher Unemployment Due to Housing Crisis?
The 2021 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule was “in effect a ‘zoning tax,’ which fueled an increase in the cost and a decrease in the supply of affordable housing due to restrictions ...
[22] [23] Even regions with relatively abundant housing supply and low rates of homelessness, such as Mississippi, face challenges with street homelessness due to factors like addiction, as well as issues with housing quality. [24] The affordable housing gap is a socio-economic phenomenon characterized by the scarcity of affordable housing ...
The bottom 99% also saw an average federal tax rate increase by one percentage point from 2012 to 2013, mainly due to the expiration of the Obama payroll tax cuts, which were in place in 2011 and 2012. However, for income groups in the bottom 99%, the average federal tax rate remained at or below the 2007 level. [17]
The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Congressman Jim McDermott that would give an extra 13 weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless workers in states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or more.
Harris' proposal aims to address housing affordability in part by building millions of new homes. Pro-housing advocates celebrated Obama's support, saying it signals YIMBYism rise.
$40 billion to provide extended unemployment benefits through December 31, and increase them by $25 a week $19.9 billion for the Food Stamp Program $14.2 billion to give one-time $250 payments to Social Security recipients, people on Supplemental Security Income , and veterans receiving disability and pensions.