Tag: public assistance
Public housing agencies frequently prioritize people with disabilities on their waiting lists for subsidized apartments and federal rent vouchers. But agency budgets are tight, often requiring state and local governments to stretch a single housing office to serve multiple counties. Many of the people on the waiting lists are also receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI),…
The brief’s key findings are: County governments play only a limited role in most states, but in a handful of states they are major public service providers. In these states, led by California, Maryland, and Virginia, counties employ lots of workers and provide pensions. County pension costs, which include contributions to plans they administer and…