It would behoove Republicans to consider utilizing columnist Tom Giovanetti's rationale to nominate the only viable option to Rep. Kevin McCarthy: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
It would behoove Republicans to consider utilizing columnist Tom Giovanetti's rationale to nominate the only viable option to Rep. Kevin McCarthy: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The 63-page report, “‘We Deserve to Have a Place to Live:’ How US Underfunding Public Housing Harms Rights in New York, New Mexico, and Beyond,” examines the impact of a decline in federal funding for public housing, which has been accompanied by a modest increase in investment in affordable housing programs that rely on the private sector, such as voucher and subsidy programs. Human Rights Watch found that budget cuts have led to deteriorating living conditions in public housing in New York City, as well as in northern New Mexico, and have reduced the public housing stock nationwide. It also finds that other affordable housing programs, which rely on the private sector, have often failed to guarantee long-term affordability for people with the lowest incomes.
Claims of “extreme poverty” in the U.S. are based on radically defective data. In fact, poverty among single parents has fallen substantially over the past two decades.