Chart Book: Employment and Earnings for Households Receiving Federal Rental Assistance
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Federal rental assistance programs support work by enabling low-income households to live in stable homes and freeing up income to meet the additional costs of working, such as transportation to jobs. Nearly 90 percent of the more than 4.6 million households that receive rental assistance through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are elderly, disabled, working (or worked recently), or likely had access to work programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
The typical working household receiving federal rental assistance is a family with two school-age children and a parent who works at a job that does not pay enough to cover the market rent for a modest apartment.
Only a small share of non-elderly, non-disabled adults receiving assistance are persistently unemployed. These individuals face significant barriers to work due to low levels of education, serious health problems, or because they are providing full-time care for a pre-school child or family member with a disability or serious illness.
These households are also more likely to live in areas of higher poverty and unemployment.
Section 1: Large Majority of HUD Households Are Seniors, Have Disabilities, or Work
Section 2: Employment Is Common Among Working-Age, Non-Disabled Households, but Their Income Is Inadequate to Pay Rent
Section 3: HUD-Assisted Households That Aren’t Working Likely Have Significant Employment Barriers
Section 4: External Factors Affecting HUD-Assisted Households That Aren’t Working
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The typical working household receiving federal rental assistance is a family with two school-age children and a parent who works at a job that does not pay enough to cover the market rent for a modest apartment.
Only a small share of non-elderly, non-disabled adults receiving assistance are persistently unemployed. These individuals face significant barriers to work due to low levels of education, serious health problems, or because they are providing full-time care for a pre-school child or family member with a disability or serious illness.
These households are also more likely to live in areas of higher poverty and unemployment.
Section 1: Large Majority of HUD Households Are Seniors, Have Disabilities, or Work
Section 2: Employment Is Common Among Working-Age, Non-Disabled Households, but Their Income Is Inadequate to Pay Rent
Section 3: HUD-Assisted Households That Aren’t Working Likely Have Significant Employment Barriers
Section 4: External Factors Affecting HUD-Assisted Households That Aren’t Working
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20 February 2018
"Less than two months after signing massive tax cuts that largely benefit those at the top of the economic ladder, President Trump has put forward a 2019 budget that would slash programs that provide basic assistance for many Americans of modest means and promote opportunity and upward mobility. The budget would also seriously shortchange many other vital national needs, including workforce training, elementary and secondary education, infrastructure investment, community development, and environmental protection.
Although Congress likely won’t enact many of the budget’s particular proposals this year, the budget is not irrelevant. It reflects the President’s priorities and vision for the country and shows what he would seek to achieve over the remainder of his Administration, particularly if his party strengthens its control of Congress in November’s election. . . "
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