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February 28, 2025 | Fact Sheet | Ashley Burnside

The 2025 Tax Package: A Chance to Make the Tax Code Fair by Expanding Credits and Increasing Revenue

By Ashley Burnside and Jesse Fairbanks, In 2025, several provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 are scheduled to expire. This provides an opportunity for lawmakers to reform our tax code so that it serves families with low incomes instead of…

October 25, 2024 | Report/Brief | Teon Hayes

Empowerment in Action: The Journey of How the Community Partnership Group Redefines Anti-Poverty Policy Through Lived Experience

This new paper traces the CPG’s journey from inception to impact, examines the inevitable challenges and hard lessons that come with building something new, and calls for a future where people experiencing poverty are at the center of the policy decisions that affect them.

August 22, 2024 | Report/Brief | Jesse Fairbanks

What is Meaningful Community Engagement? Learnings from the Perspective of a National Advocacy Organization

How do we as advocates and policy analysts actually connect with communities effectively, respectfully, and inclusively. CLASP's new framework could help guide your path,.

January 11, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Liu

CLASP Statement for the Record: House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement “Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services”

On January 11, 2024, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “The Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.” CLASP submitted a statement for the record detailing immigrants’ fundamental contributions; the economic and social benefits of expanding safety net programs; the harms of restricting…

October 19, 2023 | Report/Brief | Ashley Burnside

Eliminating Asset Limits: Creating Savings for Families and State Governments

This paper examines how asset limits run counter to the goals of TANF and SNAP of supporting recipients in work and enabling them to advance economically.

September 22, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Jesse Fairbanks

CLASP Outlines Harsh Administrative Burdens in Rental Assistance Programs

In this comment, CLASP identifies administrative burdens faced by people trying to access rental assistance programs and offer strategies to mitigate them.

April 25, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Jesse Fairbanks

CLASP Comments on Community Engagement Requirements within HUD’s Proposed Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

CLASP appreciates HUD’s commitment to restoring the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation and fulfilling its statutory obligation.

October 11, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Jesse Fairbanks

CLASP Identifies Federal Policies Contributing to Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities

CLASP submitted a comment to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine about federal policies that contribute to racial and ethnic health inequities.

September 1, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Jesse Fairbanks

CLASP Supports HUD’s Decision to Leverage Private Rental Data for the 2023 Fair Market Rent Calculations

CLASP submits this comment in support of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) decision to leverage private rental data for the 2023 Fair Market Rent (FMR) calculations.

August 23, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Jesse Fairbanks

CLASP Responds to Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard, Docket No. FR-6251-P-01

Standardized enforcement of the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA) long-held discriminatory effects liability is necessary to uncover policies and practices that have an unjustified discriminatory effect—regardless of intent—and legally require that the practice be replaced.

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