Poverty Rising; Millions More May Soon Face Hunger, Eviction A volunteer prepares boxes of food assistance at the Share Your Christmas food distribution event sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Faith Neighborhood Center, and WESH 2 at Hope International Church on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida. © Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via AP
(Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should strengthen and pass another round of Covid-19 emergency relief before existing protections expire, Human Rights Watch said today. One million new unemployment claims are being filed each week in the US, millions of workers are about to lose emergency jobless benefits, and the federal eviction moratorium runs out at the end of the year.
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A slew of economic-relief programs created as part of the CARES Act are set to expire at the end of the year.
If programs like the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) go away it would leave millions of unemployed Americans in the lurch.
Congress needs to renew these programs to protect Americans who need them the most.
Max Burns is a veteran Democratic strategist. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
Twelve million of out-of-work Americans are staring down disaster.
These unemployed workers will face financial catastrophe on December 26 when two critical programs created to soften the blow of the COVID