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2. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. § 1437f ), commonly known as Section 8, provides rental housing assistance to low-income households in the United States by paying private landlords on behalf of these tenants. Approximately 68% of this assistance benefits seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. [1]

3. ‘The federal poverty line is garbage’: This Connecticut ...

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   A $500 emergency-room visit for one of their young sons drained most of their ... which helps low-income families purchase groceries, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which ...

4. Monthly payments of $1,000 could get thousands of homeless ...

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   A monthly payment of $750 to $1,000 would allow thousands of the city's homeless people to find informal housing, according to a policy brief by four L.A. academics. ... $500 a month for people to ...

5. Buying your first home can be a challenge. There’s federal ...

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   Almost 22 million renters nationally pay more than 30% of their income in rent, according to an analysis by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. This escalating rental burden, paired with ...

6. Affordable housing - Wikipedia

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   An index over 100 signifies that family earning the median income has more than enough income for a mortgage loan on the median-priced home (assuming they have a 20 percent down payment). For example, a composite HAI of 120.0 means a family earning the median family income has 120% of the income necessary to qualify for a conventional loan ...

7. Universal basic income - Wikipedia

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   Universal basic income ( UBI) [note 1] is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive a minimum income in the form of an unconditional transfer payment, i.e., without a means test or need to work. [2] [3] [4] In contrast a guaranteed minimum income is paid only to those who do not already receive an ...