Washington determines who is and is not low-income by comparing earnings against federal poverty guidelines or typical income for the state. For example, Washington residents may be eligible for government assistance in weatherizing their house if they make 200 percent of the federal poverty level o...
The Not So Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program in Washington StateFox, John
But some experts have cautioned states not to rely too heavily on alternative methods to determine student aid eligibility. Public benefits programs, such as SNAP, don’t include all low-income students, they say, and states shouldn’t give up on FAFSA because of this year’s technical proble...
Though the Legislature passed a number of new policies, includingunprecedented funding into the state Housing Trust Fund, it could take years for housing supply to catch up to demand. At the same time, income gains trail rising housing costs. According to data fromthe Center on Budget and Poli...
Title X is a federal funding program aiming to help low-income families to have access to reproductive healthcare and family planning services. Ferguson criticized the Trump administration's restrictive rule on Title X for inserting "politics into the doctor-patient relationship." He had filed a ...
There are no state-funded programs for low-income car insurance in Washington. However, one of the easiest ways to find cheap coverage is through car insurance discounts. Discount opportunities are very common, and may save you anywhere from a few dollars to 25 or 30 percent on the cost of...
While low-income groups are under the pressure of unemployment, poverty and high infection risk, from March 2020 to January 2021 the total wealth of more than 600 American billionaires increased from about 2.947 trillion U.S. dollars to 4.085 trillion, an increase of 38.6 percent, all thanks ...
Residents of Sammamish pay the highest household bills in the state of Washington, at an average of $3,879 per month. Redmond comes second in the rankings, with residents paying $3,631 on average per month. In proportion to household income, however, Redmond’s bills are costlier than ones...
Funds generated at auction will be used for a variety of emissions reduction and climate change programs, including projects for clean energy, carbon sequestration and the identification and reduction of air pollutants in low-income communities. ...
Washington, constituent state of the U.S. Lying in the northwest corner of the 48 conterminous states, it is bounded by Canada to the north, Idaho to the east, Oregon to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Olympia is the state’s capital, and S