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Brookings: Rethinking Unemployment Insurance and Housing Support: Policies to Protect Workers and Families (Webcast)

April 13, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Brookings is hosting a webcast on Rethinking Unemployment Insurance and Housing Support: Policies to Protect Workers and Families on Tuesday, April 13th, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

The COVID-19 recession pushed millions of U.S. households to the precipice of poverty at rates not encountered since the Great Depression. As millions of abruptly displaced workers found their families threatened with the loss of stable housing and at imminent risk of financial ruin, they were fortunate to have augmented safety net programs—like expanded unemployment insurance (UI) and new housing policies—to prevent them from falling into economic despair. Those new programs helped to deliver relief, income support, and fiscal stimulus. Yet even as Congress continued to authorize new and unprecedented aid, the pandemic highlighted the limitations of both longstanding and more recent safety net programs. Reforming UI and housing support to make those policies more effective and more robust will require bold changes.

The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast examining policy options to improve UI and housing support in the U.S. The webcast will feature framing remarks by Cecilia Rouse, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

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Date:
April 13, 2021
Time:
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
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GA United States
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