Another view on childhood poverty
To the Editor:
In last week’s edition of The Smoky Mountain News the editor gave us his thoughts of the bill in Congress to address childhood poverty by giving middle-income and low-income families $300 or $250 per child per month (until the child reaches 18 years of age in the original plan).
Since then Congress passed the bill with a modified plan that will increase the child tax credit from what it is currently but the plan will terminate after one year. The editor is a supporter of the increased child tax credit plan and the continuation of it indefinitely.
mtanji@mauinews.com
Maui County residents still need help paying the bills even as the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission last week extended the temporary ban on disconnections for electricity, water and other utilities.
“While the moratorium offers some relief to these households for the time being, it doesn’t eliminate the large debts owed,” said Cassi Yamashita, community services director at Maui Economic Opportunity.
The nonprofit has a program to assist low-income households with bills from Hawaiian Electric Co. or Hawaii Gas.
“Many of the applications we are seeing are from households who have not been able to pay their bills for months, some almost a year,” Yamashita said. “The same can be said about rental or mortgage assistance applications.”
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PG&E customers pay 80% more than national average. Author: Laurence Du Sault, CALmatters Published: 8:05 PM PDT March 15, 2021 Updated: 8:05 PM PDT March 15, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA California’s electricity prices are among the highest in the country, new research says, and those costs are falling disproportionately on a customer base that’s already struggling to pay their bills.
PG&E customers pay about 80% more per kilowatt-hour than the national average, according to a study by the energy institute at UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School with the nonprofit think tank Next 10. The study analyzed the rates of the state’s three largest investor-owned utilities and found that Southern California Edison charged 45% more than the national average, while San Diego Gas & Electric charged double. Even low-income residents enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy program paid more than the average American.
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3/16/2021
GOVERNOR LAMONT AND CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCE LAUNCH OF STATE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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Department of Housing Also Announces Additional Assistance for Undocumented Immigrants and a Partnership with Connecticut Legal Services
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(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, members of Connecticut s Congressional delegation, and Connecticut Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced the launch of
UniteCT, a new state program to provide rental and utility assistance to qualified Connecticut households financially impacted by COVID-19.
As further detailed in the program guidelines, UniteCT may provide up to $10,000 in rental assistance and up to $1,500 in electric utility arrearage payments to landlords and utility companies on behalf of approved tenants. Tenants and landlords will be able to complete and track applications online from any computer or smart phone. A