The Trump Administration and Republican majorities in both houses of Congress are advancing a three-pronged policy agenda ...

As the name suggests, the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) helped reinforce Congress’s control over the executive branch’s ...

The Trump Administration is preparing to propose a rule to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and strip eligibility for hundreds of thousands of low-income older people and severely ...

Our communities are safer when each person has a stable place to call home. Policies that improve access to housing assistance together with robust, voluntary services have been shown to both ...

Everyone needs and should have a place they can call home. Yet housing is unaffordable for more people than ever in the United States, including most low-income renters. For people with the ...

Rental assistance is a key policy intervention that state policymakers should add to their toolbox to address housing affordability at scale.

Key FindingsRental assistance increases housing stability and reduces homelessnessState policymakers should fund rental ...

The Impoundment Control Act does not allow deferrals for policy reasons, including any policy objections the Administration may have to legally required spending.

The harmful Republican megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, imposes substantial new costs on state and local governments that will be hard for them to shoulder even when times ...

The Republicans’ harmful megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, 2025, will raise costs for families and take away health coverage, food assistance, and other essentials from people ...