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Apr 14, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
New @justiceinaging/@NCLC4consumers report: Thousands of extremely low-income older adults & people with disabilities have likely had their SSI benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of them to the brink of homelessness. 1/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-… Since 2018, the @SocialSecurity Administration (SSA) has used a private database from @LexisNexis called Accurint for Government to determine whether SSI recipients had unreported real estate that could disqualify them from receiving SSI. The problem? 2/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…
Apr 13, 2021 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
The federal student aid program is intended to open the door to higher education & economic mobility for students otherwise unable to afford the cost, but for too long predatory schools have exploited the program and left students worse off. 1/6 bit.ly/borrow-defense… Advocates for higher education accountability, students, military servicemembers & #veterans, low-income consumers, educators, and college administrators urge @SecCardona to address the borrower defense crisis he inherited @usedgov. 2/6 #CancelStudentDebt bit.ly/borrow-defense…
Feb 17, 2021 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
The #COVID19 crisis put millions of Americans in financial peril, hitting households of color particularly hard and moratoriums on utility shutoffs instituted in many states to #ProtectConsumers have already expired. 1/6 nclc.org/media-center/c… Millions of utility customers face the threat of shutoff due to the inability to pay their #energy bills and unpaid #utilitybills are accruing across the country. #COVID19 #LIHEAP #HomeworkGap #Lifeline #ProtectHomeowners 2/6 nclc.org/media-center/c…
Sep 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 8 min read
#Lifeline, the only federal program that helps close the #DigitalDivide by making voice & #broadband more affordable, has also become an essential resource for low-income people across the country during the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic. 1/4 bit.ly/NALA-MSS-Comme… But it's in this troubled context that the @FCC is considering major, permanent changes to the #Lifeline program that could jeopardize subscribers’ access to essential voice and #broadband services. 2/4 #HomeworkGap #COVID19 bit.ly/NALA-MSS-Comme…