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An Expanded Child Tax Credit Can Help Combat Hunger and Homelessness

The expanded Child Tax Credit can combat Hunger and Homelessness if congress acts to expand it now! Find out how!

November 18, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Making the Conservative Case for the CTC

In 2021, Congress enacted the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which cut child poverty by more than a third by expanding the Child Tax Credit (CTC) to reach the lowest income families. ARPA also increased the benefit amount and created monthly payments. Those monthly CTC payments helped families put food on the table, pay the rent, and keep the lights on.

September 1, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

The latest from Capitol Hill on a reconciliation package

This page will be regularly updated as Congress debates the current reconciliation package. Check back for the latest.

August 26, 2022 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Gavi | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

Fighting poverty with the tax code: EITC, CTC, and building financial stability

Farewell remarks and reflections on the work ahead, from Blake Turpin, our recent Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow who helped develop a long-term housing and tax policy campaign.

August 7, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

Rain or shine: A month of action and persistence

Clouds were building and it looked like it could rain any minute on a warm Tuesday in mid-June, but advocate Maurice Gayetay was not deterred. He was on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., waiting in the security line to speak directly to congressional staff representing his district. He had come all the way from Rhode Island to share his story and deliver his message to Congress.

August 2, 2022 | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Global Nutrition | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

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October 2022 U.S. Poverty Policy Forum: Why a renter’s tax credit and tax equity are needed now

Learn details on why a renter’s tax credit is needed to help low-income Americans struggling with the high cost of rent. Danielle Bautista, a 2022 RESULTS Fellow and member of the RESULTS San Diego group, discusses California’s renter’s tax credit and how 2021’s expanded Child Tax Credit improved housing stability. View the recording and the slides (PDF version/PPT version) from the webinar.

October 20, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

October 2022: Urge Congress to support a more equitable tax code

2022 U.S. Poverty Laser Talks

Use our current U.S. poverty laser talks in your upcoming lobby meetings, letters to the editor, and e-mails to Congress.

August 2, 2022 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

2022 Fall Campaign Resources

April 2022: Building Momentum for Housing and the Global Fund

Guest Speakers: Phil Tegeler, president and executive director of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC); Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

April 2022 National Webinar Recording

April 2022 National Webinar Slides (PPT version)

April 2022 National Webinar Captioning Transcript

March 8, 2022 | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Housing & Home Ownership

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Housing & Home Ownership

Increasing access to safe and affordable homes through long-term rental assistance

A look at RESULTS campaigns in 2022