Housing is a basic human need, but millions of people in this country cannot afford a stable home. Rental assistance directly ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on income security, food assistance, and state budgets and taxes.On income security, Vicki Turetsky and Diana Azevedo-McCaffrey detailed how ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is calling legislators back into session this week, assigning them the impossible task of finding $1.85 billion to redirect toward local property tax cuts. Policymakers can ...

Block grants are fixed pots of money that the federal government gives to states to provide benefits or services. Some policymakers call their block grant proposals "Opportunity Grants" or “merged ...

States are finding themselves at the mercy of automatic tax cuts as the consequences of years-old tax policies take aim at state budgets. Budget writers and analysts in several states have begun ...

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Key provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Policymakers should take the opportunity to make a course correction in the nation’s revenue policies.

This page brings together resources to help advocates analyze projections of the fiscal impact of the Medicaid expansion for their states, as well as additional materials to help make the case for ...

The Center’s spring internship will be remote. Remote interns must be in the U.S. for the duration of the internship. Intern work hours are generally expected to be during core Eastern Time business ...

During the 2025 tax debate, policymakers have the opportunity to remake the tax code so that it is fairer, works for low- and moderate-income people and families, and advances racial equity. A key ...

Key provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Given the law’s fundamental problems — its high cost, skew toward high-income people, and failure to produce the ...

The Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) programs enable nearly 2 million people in 1.2 million households with low incomes to live in affordable homes by contracting with the private ...