During the pandemic, necessity became a mother of invention. Here are some innovations that are like to stick.
Two factors came together to provide a new solution. First, hotel occupancy plunged when the pandemic brought travel to a standstill. Second, state and federal policymakers worried about the spread of Covid were willing to spend money on moving homeless people into private hotel rooms. They were able to lease — and eventually purchase — hotels at discount prices and convert them into housing.
And tracking by the U.S. Census bureau indicated that the benefits tended to pay for the things that lawmakers wanted them to pay for, particularly food and other household needs.Whether child tax credits will be extended remains to be seen. During the next big crisis, however, chances are good that Congress will again turn to direct aid, which is far quicker and easier to administer than in-kind benefits.
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