Metro Atlanta is on a hot streak. More than 6 million people now live in the region, according to recent Census Bureau estimates. Experts say that’s about a 50% increase from 20 years ago. ̶...
Tag: LowIncome
One Account Of Why The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Is Broken
“Statler: Well, that was different. Waldorf: Yep. Lousy… Both: …but different!” Getty Images People could wonder, reasonably, about why I am so negative about housing policy. I...
Low-Income Investors Sold Most Crypto Holdings During the Market Crash (Survey)
Nearly half of the surveyed cryptocurrency investors (46%) admitted to selling some of their possessions in the last several weeks. Those with lower salaries were more likely to part with their holdin...
‘Savings are gonna run out’: Already battered by high inflation, Fed’s rate hike will hit lower-income and rural Americans hard
The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday in an effort to temper the rising costs of consumer goods and services. While economists say raising the interest r...
Poor Covid Vaccination Rates—Including Older Adults And Healthcare Workers—Persist In Low-Income Countries, WHO Reports
Topline Only 28% of older adults and 37% of healthcare workers in low-income countries have received a primary course of Covid vaccines, and most have not received booster shots, the World Health Orga...
Blackstone dealt legal setback after $5bn low-income housing deal
Blackstone has suffered a legal setback in a dispute with housing non-profits that are trying to seize some of the apartment buildings it bought for $5.1bn from AIG last year. The world’s biggest priv...
Wouldn’t worry about monkeypox, cuts drug costs for low-income
Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 25th, 2022. Adam Galici | CNBC Pfizer‘s CEO said Wednesday that he “wouldn’t worry much” about a recent monke...
Warren Tells IRS to Focus Audits on the Rich, Not Low-Income Taxpayers
Lawmakers are calling on the IRS to stop disproportionately auditing low-income taxpayers, who they say are far more likely than other taxpayers to face IRS scrutiny, with audit rates for poorer filer...