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These past two weeks at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, poverty and inequality, housing, health, Social Security, federal tax, and the economy.
* On food assistance, Robert Greenstein warned ([link removed]) that a new SNAP rule will cost many of the nation’s poorest their food aid. We updated ([link removed]) our interactive map showing that states have requested waivers from SNAP’s time limit in high unemployment areas for the past two decades.

* On poverty and inequality, Danilo Trisi and Matt Saenz noted ([link removed]) that economic security programs have cut poverty nearly in half over the last 50 years.

* On housing, Will Fischer, Douglas Rice, and Alicia Mazzara reported ([link removed]) that rental assistance reduces hardship and provides a platform to expand opportunity for low-income families. Fischer underscored ([link removed]) that although rental assistance cuts homelessness and poverty, it doesn’t reach most who need it.

* On health, Tara Straw reported ([link removed]) that policy changes are needed to improve health coverage for low-income workers. Paul N. Van de Water pointed ([link removed]) to House Medicare bills that would better protect low-income beneficiaries.

* On Social Security, Kathleen Romig asserted ([link removed]) that the Social Security Administration should resume mailing statements to almost all workers.

* On federal tax, Samantha Washington explained ([link removed]) how expanding refundable tax credits would help many American Indian and Alaska Native households and reduce poverty. Kathleen Romig explained ([link removed]) that a bill introduced in the House and Senate offers not paid family leave but rather a loan that families would have to repay.

* On the economy, we updated our backgrounder ([link removed]) on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are available and our chart book ([link removed]) tracking the post-Great Recession economy.

Chart of the Week — 16 Million Households Needing Federal Rental Assistance Do Not Receive It Due to Funding Limits ([link removed])

A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts these past two weeks. Here are some of the highlights:

New rules could end food stamp benefits for about 700,000 ([link removed])
MSNBC
December 6, 2019

668,000 will lose food stamp benefits under Trump administration’s new SNAP rules ([link removed])
Associated Press
December 4, 2019

Hundreds of Thousands Are Losing Access to Food Stamps ([link removed])
New York Times
December 4, 2019

Addressing Homelessness Causes Homelessness, White House Says ([link removed])
Mother Jones
November 27, 2019

Report: 476 older Oklahomans died prematurely because of Medicaid non-expansion ([link removed])
The Oklahoman
November 24, 2019

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