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How well can limited data predict annual tax credits?
The 2021 child tax credit (CTC) was highly effective at reducing childhood poverty and helping families in need. But how can the IRS balance getting the data it needs to improve payment accuracy with effectively distributing payments? Researchers from the Urban Institute find that one-quarter of taxpayer data can be enough to estimate benefit amounts for a large majority of families, including earned income tax credits for 81 percent of households with dependents and CTC benefits for 77 percent of households with dependents.

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Source of income protections take time to work
Laws prohibiting landlords from discriminating against tenants based on their income source can help increase access to low-poverty neighborhoods for families with lower incomes. New research from the Urban Institute investigated how well these laws increase access to low-poverty neighborhoods and found they take an average of five years to have an effect.

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Who benefits from blanket student loan forgiveness?
Applications for the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan opened earlier this month. The plan, which would forgive $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most individual borrowers or up to $20,000 for Pell grant recipients, could help millions reduce their student debt. Researchers at Howard University and San Francisco State University examined the projected impacts of the student debt relief plans and found that for Black, Hispanic, and white borrowers, forgiving $10,000 in debt would primarily benefit middle-income households.

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Improving equity in reasonable accommodations for residents with disabilities
People with disabilities and families in federally assisted housing face many challenges in accessing housing and services that meet their needs. In a new brief, researchers from the Urban Institute examined the challenges working-age people with disabilities and families with a disabled household member who live in federally assisted housing face getting necessary support and
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Community corner
On Wednesday, November 16, at 12:15 p.m. (EST), the Urban Institute will host a discussion on improving housing and service access for people with disabilities living in federally assisted family housing. Policymakers, housing providers, and disability advocates will share their perspectives on what is and isn’t working to connect residents with diverse disabilities living in federally assisted housing to the housing units and services they need.
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Upcoming conferences and events

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22nd Population Health Colloquium (hybrid)

Population Health Colloquium

November 7–9, 2022, Philadelphia, P.A.

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APPAM 2022 Fall Conference

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

November 17–19, 2022, Washington, D.C.

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Partners for Advancing Health Equity Summit (hybrid)

Partners for Advancing Health Equity

December 4–6, 2022, New Orleans, L.A.

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