A weekly round-up of the stories that caught our eye this week, with an emphasis on hunger, food waste, and poverty in the United States.
The Trump Administration’s latest proposed change to food stamps would, “cut benefits for 19 percent of households on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…while increasing benefits for 16 percent. Almost 8,000 households would lose benefits entirely.” (The New York Times)
Anti-hunger advocates in Connecticut gathered for their annual “Hunger For Change” conference this week, and expressed concern over what the proposed changes to SNAP would mean for people facing food insecurity in their state. (WTNH)
A survey conducted by the Rhode Island Community Food bank found that 88% of people who use food pantries or soup kitchens live below the federal poverty line. (Providence Journal)
Although Detroit is experience a housing boom, “very few of the new rental units…are truly affordable to the city’s residents.” (Curbed Detroit)
On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newson signed one of the strongest tenant protection bills in the country into law. (Sacramento Bee)
