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President Biden’s Budget Plan Includes Major Expansion in Funding for Housing Programs
President Biden recently previewed his request for fiscal year (FY) 2022 discretionary funding, including substantial investments in affordable housing and increases to housing assistance programs. The FY 2022 blueprint includes $68.7 billion for HUD, a $9 billion, or 15 percent, increase from FY...
Remembering the Section 504 Sit-In
Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are key to protecting the rights of people with disabilities. Combined, they aim to ensure people with disabilities can access any program or activity receiving Federal funds and to eliminate barriers in IT and encourage the development of...
Econometrica Will Continue Regulatory Work for BSEE
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) recently awarded Econometrica a multiple-year contract to provide expert assistance and technical support for the economic analyses associated with BSEE regulatory, research, inspection, and enforcement activities. The results of any...
Census Releases Brief About Childhood Disability in the United States
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a brief exploring childhood disability in the United States. The brief, Childhood Disability in the United States: 2019, uses data from the 2008 and 2019 American Community Surveys to identify the prevalence of disability among children as well as breaks...
CMS Updates Data Snapshot Showing COVID’s Impact on Beneficiaries
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released an updated data snapshot detailing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicare beneficiaries. Among the findings: Medicare fee-for-service spending associated with COVID hospitalizations rose to $10.3 billion. The rate of cases...
HUD Releases Statement on the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge recently said that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has no near-term plans to change the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF). Noting that the MMIF “has remained resilient”...