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Sobering analysis from @WashUSPI: among a sample of renters, half who received #TANF were evicted, compared to just 1.5% of those not receiving TANF. 1/7 https://socialpolicyinstitute.wustl.edu/cash-assistance-tanf-recipients-suffer-the-brunt-of-evictions-despite-the-moratorium/
What's more, every renter who was receiving #TANF and who was behind-on-rent in the sample was evicted, compared to 18% of renters not receiving #TANF who were behind-on-rent, according to @WashUSPI. 2/7 https://socialpolicyinstitute.wustl.edu/cash-assistance-tanf-recipients-suffer-the-brunt-of-evictions-despite-the-moratorium/
As we have documented, the maximum #TANF benefits for a family of 3 are insufficient to cover fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in every state. 3/7 https://www.cbpp.org/research/family-income-support/tanf-benefits-still-too-low-to-help-families-especially-black
Children of color are more likely to live in states where #TANF benefits compare especially poorly to Fair Market Rent. 49% of Black children and 38% of Latino children live where benefits are below 1/3rd of FMR for a 2-bedroom apartment, compared to 26% of white children. 4/7
#COVID has further worsened the affordable housing crisis. According to recent Census data, nearly 1 in 5 renters report not being caught up on their rent. Black, Latino, and Asian renters face the greatest hardship. 5/7 https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-recessions-effects-on-food-housing-and
To address the #EvictionCrisis facing #TANF families, states can provide additional payments on top of their regular monthly grants. Some states, such as #Maryland and #Vermont, have already done so. 6/7
Fortunately, the #COVIDRelief package advancing through #Congress includes a $1 billion #TANF Pandemic Emergency Fund that states, tribes, and territories can use to help #TANF recipients and other families with the lowest incomes stay in their homes. 7/7 https://www.cbpp.org/blog/pandemic-emergency-fund-would-help-families-with-lowest-incomes
