Topline: The federal government is unable to verify that $5.8 billion in rental assistance paid to more than 204,000 ...

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Researchers suggest fiscal policies like the emergency rental assistance program are also a tool for improving public health.

The leaders seated earlier this year in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are reportedly planning new time limits and work requirements for recipients of the department’s ...

Nearly 1,000 households displaced by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 2023 are anxiously awaiting news on federal assistance ...

Federal rental assistance distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic did far more than help people stay in their homes. It also improved their mental health. A UC Riverside study published this week in ...

A $5 billion pot of federal money set aside to help people on the verge of homelessness pay the rent is running out of cash — and no one has a plan to keep the roughly 60,000 renters, more than 15,000 ...