(Re)Drawing the Line: A Case for Updating the Poverty Measure
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends that the Supplemental Poverty Measure be updated in recognition of the needs most American families face such as medical care, childcare, and housing costs.
Expanding access to housing vouchers could cut poverty
This fact sheet presents estimates of the anti-poverty impacts that expanding the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program could have if the program were transformed so that all households eligible for a voucher would receive one. The Section 8 voucher program is the nation’s largest form of rental assistance, but only about a quarter of households that are eligible for the vouchers receive the benefit.