Today, the House of Representatives joined the Senate and passed a $484 billion emergency relief bill, including a $321 billion infusion for the Paycheck Protection Program, the small business rescue fund that ran out of money last week.
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The COVID-19 crisis has increased America’s already considerable need for safe, accessible shelters. So this seems as good a time as any to point out that many domestic violence shelters and homeless shelters will flat-out reject potential residents for being transgender and/or non-binary – or place them in separate, isolated housing.
Even as the Trump Administration and Congress take important but limited steps in a fourth stimulus bill to replenish funding for the Payroll Protection Program, much more must be on the table in the coming weeks for U.S. households, including homeowners, renters and the nation’s smallest enterprises, to not only prop up the U.S. economy but to ensure a reasonable economic recovery.
Yesterday, the Senate passed a second Payment Protection Program (PPP) bill that will provide an additional $484 billion for small business aid, hospital funding and more testing for COVID-19.
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In a confusing and scary time, the CFPB is a source for unbiased and informed information on a variety of financial hurdles that families can expect to face in the coming months.
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Funding for the Payment Protection Program (PPP), the federal government’s COVID-19 forgivable loan program for small businesses, ran out last Thursday, even earlier than predicted.
The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20220 The Honorable Jerome H. Powell Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street NW & Constitution Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20551 The Honorable Jelena McWilliams Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 550 17th Street NW Washington,
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The poor implementation of affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) has taken a significant toll on the health of African Americans. Therefore, we need to make communities equal to allow all Americans to have a healthy life and a chance to survive after this.
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized data reporting thresholds under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) for the nation’s financial institutions.
Multiple measures in the enormous “Cure Italy” bill, including earning supplements and unemployment benefits for all workers, even the self-employed, special funds for businesses, babysitting vouchers and parental leave for those with young children, tax, loan and mortgage delays, a freeze on firings and emergency nutrition funds for citizens, will be in place until August.
To help mitigate this decline in employment from turning into a homeownership crisis, the CARES Act provides two protections.
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Conditions in our environment where we live, work, learn and play affect a range of health outcomes. Now, faced with a global pandemic, we are learning just how detrimental viral diseases are for struggling communities.
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Help for homeowners is a major part of the CARES Act, the law recently passed to support our economy as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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It is elderly shop owners who are stacking cans of soup, packing bottles of juice and soft drinks into coolers, making sure we have bread, milk, eggs and our local newspaper.
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It’s too early to know if social isolation or COVID-19 will kill more people in the long run.
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