Howard Husock highlights New York City’s rejection of a positive reform for public housing policy. The New York City Housing Authority grapples with some obvious ills: Elevators break down all…
Kevin Corinth explores the potential impact of a work requirement for federal housing assistance. The Proposed Rule would allow, but not require, eligible Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to implement work…
Howard Husock and Bruce Meyer explain why American housing policy could benefit from a form of welfare reform. In 1983, Harvard scholars Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood sought to…
Stephen Moore writes for the New York Post about a fundamental flaw in the Biden administration’s approach to employment. [W]e still don’t have nearly enough adult Americans in the work…
Cheryl Chumley of the Washington Times examines another ill-advised pronouncement from freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in her normal screeching manner, just raised national hackles by…
Editors at National Review Online label the Trump administration’s approach to food stamps “commonsensical.” Our food-stamp program has some bizarre loopholes in it, and the Trump administration is trying to…
Colin Wilhelm of the Washington Examiner highlights an interesting projection from top Trump administration economic adviser Kevin Hassett. Top Trump administration economist Kevin Hassett believes that the booming economy will…
Kristina Rasmussen explains in a Washington Examiner column why Congress faces a rare opportunity in its latest farm bill. For millions of families stuck in government dependence, the stakes couldn’t…
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon details a leading conservative think tank’s concerns about proposed reforms to the federal program formerly known as food stamps. The Heritage Foundation…
David Bahnsen of National Review Online explains why lawmakers on Capitol Hill ought to pursue tax reform and not just another round of tax cuts. The last time we saw…
John Fund of National Review Online ponders the prospects of a Democratic Party with only one wing. Of course, it would be the left wing. At Netroots Nation, an annual…
Super-intern Jordan Roberts and I have spent the last month understanding TANF in North Carolina. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program was the creation of welfare reform 20 years…