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  • Mother walking with children outdoors

    Detroit Free Press | Jun. 17, 2021

    Tax credit could take thousands of Detroit children out of poverty, families encouraged to file

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  • Person handing cash to a bank teller through a service window.

    The Conversation | Jun. 17, 2021

    Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don’t have access to a credit union or community bank

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  • Eviction notice posted on a boarded-up door.

    WXYZ 7 The Rebound Detroit | Jun. 16, 2021

    What’s next as the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire on June 30?

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  • Disciplinary Action by Economic and Housing Status. Bar chart showing the percentage of Michigan students suspended or expelled during the 2017–18 school year by economic and housing status. Students who were not economically disadvantaged and had never experienced homelessness had a 4% suspension or expulsion rate, compared with 11% for economically disadvantaged students who had never experienced homelessness, 18% for formerly homeless students, and 16% for currently homeless students.

    Bridge Michigan | Jun. 15, 2021

    Homeless students expelled four times more than others in Michigan schools

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  • House key on a house shaped keychain resting on wooden floorboards concept for real estate, moving home or renting property

    The Dig / Detour Detroit | Jun. 15, 2021

    Notorious for exploitation, land contracts are getting a second look in Detroit

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  • Emergency Stimulus Check

    WXYZ 7 The Rebound Detroit | Jun. 10, 2021

    Stimulus checks helped reduce food insufficiency and financial insecurity, study finds

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  • Mother walking with children outdoors

    CNBC | Jun. 9, 2021

    Here’s how parents are spending stimulus checks sent to their kids

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  • check money stimulus

    PBS NewsHour | Jun. 5, 2021

    How did the stimulus checks impact everyday Americans?

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  • Luke Shaefer University of Michigan, Prof of Social Justice and Social Policy and Poverty Solutions Center Director on C-SPAN (Impact of Covid-19 Stimulus Checks)

    C-SPAN | Jun. 4, 2021

    Luke Shaefer on Impact of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks

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  • Figure 3: Very difficult to pay for usual household expenses in the last seven days. Line chart comparing the share of respondents reporting it was very difficult to pay usual household expenses from August 2020 to May 2021 for households with children, all respondents, and households without children.

    The Economist | Jun. 4, 2021

    Fewer Americans are going hungry

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