Volume 4 Issue 1

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Affordable Housing: One of the Keys to Self-Sufficiency
As Congress this year considers reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program that was established to support welfare reform, this article by Barbara Sard and John Springer of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examines the importance of affordable housing for moving people from welfare to self-sufficiency.

Self-Sufficiency through Individual Development Accounts (IDAs): What's the Role for State Policy?
This article by Carl Rist of the Corporation for Enterprise Development examines the growing popularity of IDAs to help lower-income people gain economic self-sufficiency, and considers how state policy can support IDA programs.

Perspectives
State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Washington comments on the significant progress that state programs have made, with the support of federal policy, in moving people from welfare to self-sufficiency, and suggests ways to maintain the momentum.

Insight
Senator Joe Lieberman comments on the importance of asset-building to help people become self-sufficient.

Resources
Internet sites and books are listed as resources for more information about welfare reform, IDAs, other self-sufficiency programs, and related topics.

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Editorial Information

Editor: Carol A. Bell
Associate Editor: Stephanie A. Jennings

ISSN 1525-2833

Housing Facts & Findings is published by the Fannie Mae Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors, Fannie Mae Foundation, or its officers and directors.