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Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid

Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid

Rental Assistance Evictions Prince Beatty is photographed on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in East Point, Ga. Beatty, a 47-year-old Navy veteran, faces eviction this month for unpaid rent despite his…

Americans sink deeper in debt

Americans sink deeper in debt

Last year marked the biggest annual spike in US household debt in 14 years Americans rushed to buy homes and cars last year, making total household debt surge by $1…

Household debt jumped by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007

Household debt jumped by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Updated 3:46 PM ET, Tue February 8, 2022 (CNN)A big year for car and home shopping helped push Americans to take on a lot more debt…

End Of The Middle Class: Americans Are Suffering As Prices Rising On Thousands Of Different Products

End Of The Middle Class: Americans Are Suffering As Prices Rising On Thousands Of Different Products

While the price of everything aggressively rises all across the nation, incomes are stagnating, and America’s middle-class is steadily shrinking. Millions of middle-income earners are having to spend a larger…

Rents are up more than 30 percent in some cities, forcing millions to find another place to live

Rents are up more than 30 percent in some cities, forcing millions to find another place to live

Rising rents are expected to be a driving force in inflation this year and have been an ongoing policy challenge for the Biden administration Rising rents are expected to be…

Over 35 million US families face financial hit

Over 35 million US families face financial hit

Households will have to make tough choices as monthly benefits lapse © Getty Images / Jose Luis Pelaez A monthly benefit introduced by the US government in 2021 amid a sharp surge…

Why The U.S. Can’t Solve Homelessness

Why The U.S. Can’t Solve Homelessness

The Covid pandemic caused a surge in housing costs and a rise in unemployment, leaving nearly 600,000 Americans unhoused in 2020. So how is the U.S. addressing the homelessness crisis…

Shocking Consumer Credit Numbers: US Credit Card Debt Soars Most On Record With Savings Long Gone

Shocking Consumer Credit Numbers: US Credit Card Debt Soars Most On Record With Savings Long Gone

BY TYLER DURDEN While it is traditionally viewed as a B-grade indicator, the November consumer credit report from the Federal Reserve was an absolute stunner and confirmed what we have…

Buying groceries isn’t a problem just for the poor – middle-class millennials like me with student debt have trouble too

Buying groceries isn’t a problem just for the poor – middle-class millennials like me with student debt have trouble too

Cassandra M. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Foods, Texas State University…

The American middle class used to signify economic security. That’s now quickly becoming a luxury only the wealthiest can afford.

The American middle class used to signify economic security. That’s now quickly becoming a luxury only the wealthiest can afford.

Paul Constant  A majority of Americans believe their children and grandchildren will be worse off financially than they are now.  Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the…

‘I can’t get a single present’: millions in US barely scraping by amid holidays

‘I can’t get a single present’: millions in US barely scraping by amid holidays

As of November, 15.6 million workers in the US are still affected by the pandemic’s economic downturn Santa embraces a child at an event for the Grace Food Pantry in…

Nearly one-third of Americans skipped care in past three months due to costs

Poverty-stricken Americans stand in line to get food handed out as charity at the La Colaborativa Food Pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts on November 23, 2021. (Photo by AFP) A third…

Thousands of Americans wait in line at a food bank ahe ad of thanksgiving- Courtesy of “the most powerful & wealthiest nation on earth”…. Hunger has come to her doors

Thousands of Americans wait in line at a food bank ahe      ad of thanksgiving- Courtesy of “the most powerful & wealthiest nation on earth”…. Hunger has come to her doors

Record inflation hurts disadvantaged groups the most in US

Record inflation hurts disadvantaged groups the most in US

The record high inflation in the United States is disproportionately hurting the most disadvantaged groups in society, according to reports of major media of the country. (Photo by Getty Images)…

Food banks struggle to feed hungry Americans

Food banks struggle to feed hungry Americans

Food banks across the United States are struggling to keep up with the number of Americans in need of assistance amid record inflation and the supply chain crisis, which have…

US food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices

US food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices

A volunteer packs onions in the warehouse of the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2021. US food banks already dealing with increased demand from…

Hungry for Change? With Sixty Million Americans Going Hungry, the United States Needs to Make Peace Not War

Hungry for Change? With Sixty Million Americans Going Hungry, the United States Needs to Make Peace Not War

The United States cannot afford to maintain a war economy. Such a hyper-militarized economy is inciting dangerous tensions between nuclear powers, as well as eroding the very material foundations of…

Plumbing Poverty: Millions of America’s Poorest Don’t Have Running Indoor Water – Report

Plumbing Poverty: Millions of America’s Poorest Don’t Have Running Indoor Water – Report

CC BY 2.0 / Luis / grifoSubscribe Morgan Artyukhina All materialsWrite to the author A new study published by the Guardian on Monday puts a spotlight on the chronic deprivation of running or clean…

More Americans struggling to put food on the table after federal benefits end

More Americans struggling to put food on the table after federal benefits end

More Americans are struggling to put food on their tables after federal benefits ended last week. (Reuters photo) More Americans are finding it hard to put food on their tables…

Priciest Food Since 1970s Is a Big Challenge for Governments

Priciest Food Since 1970s Is a Big Challenge for Governments

(Bloomberg) — Whether for bread, rice or tortillas, governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma is whether they can do…

Millions more Americans fell into poverty in 2020 as Covid-19 lockdowns wrecked the US economy, Census report shows

Millions more Americans fell into poverty in 2020 as Covid-19 lockdowns wrecked the US economy, Census report shows

FILE PHOTO: People are shown lining up for food aid last May in Marks, Mississippi. © Reuters / Rory Doyle Follow RT onThe percentage of Americans living in poverty rose from a record…

Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits

Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits

Applications for US state unemployment insurance rose unexpectedly by the most since late March, underscoring week-to-week volatility in an otherwise improving labor market. (Photo by Bloomberg) Mary Taboniar went 15…

Mirroring the plight of her Babylonian sister America, Britons warned of food supply shortages, price hikes

Mirroring the plight of her Babylonian sister America, Britons warned of food supply shortages, price hikes

Saeed PourrezaPress TV, London If you live in the England, chances are you’re already paying more for your food. And it all begins here. Every year, tens of thousands of…

With US Federal Eviction Ban Overturned, Nearly 1 Million Renters Likely to Lose Home By End of Year

With US Federal Eviction Ban Overturned, Nearly 1 Million Renters Likely to Lose Home By End of Year

© REUTERS / WILL DUNHAMUS by Morgan Artyukhina11213Subscribe In addition to tenants, homeowners with federally-backed mortgages were also protected from eviction during the first part of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the foreclosure…

Renters Prepare for EVICTION After Supreme Court Ruling While Inflation Hits 3 Decade High!

Renters Prepare for EVICTION After Supreme Court Ruling While Inflation Hits 3 Decade High!

“I just want to bust out crying”: Evictions put strain on tenants and law enforcement

“I just want to bust out crying”: Evictions put strain on tenants and law enforcement

San Antonio, Texas — It’s a quiet morning, but it’s about to get loud. Even with a federal ban, evictions have been allowed to continue in San Antonio — but there…

Soaring Cost of Food Is Forcing Families to Scrimp at the Dinner Table

Soaring Cost of Food Is Forcing Families to Scrimp at the Dinner Table

Inflation is slamming the freezer shut and leading households around the world to make sacrifices.  Izabel Francisca Teixeira Valdeci unpacks groceries at her home in Guarulhos, Brazil. PHOTOGRAPHER: TUANE FERNANDES FOR…

Los Angeles criminalizes being homeless in the city

Los Angeles passed a new ordinance on Thursday making it unlawful for homeless people to be in most areas of the city. (Photo by Getty Images) Los Angeles Mayor Eric…

Eviction moratorium to expire Saturday as lawmakers leave town without passing extension

Eviction moratorium to expire Saturday as lawmakers leave town without passing extension

Tenants’ rights advocate protest in front of Edward Brook Courthouse in Boston, January 13, 2021. (Photo by AP) A federal moratorium protecting millions of renters from eviction in the United…

10 Million Face Evictions And Foreclosures In 2021 As Federal Moratorium Ends

10 Million Face Evictions And Foreclosures In 2021 As Federal Moratorium Ends