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The author puts public housing and mortgage deductions within one subsidy category, then compares who benefits.
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Poverty, by AmericaMatthew Desmond · 53 weeks“The lifetime limit for cash welfare to poor parents is five years, but families claiming the mortgage interest deduction may do so for the length of the mortgage, typically thirty years. A fifteen-story public housing tower and a mortgaged suburban home are both government subsidized, but only one looks (and feels) that way.”
Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America. Chapter 5, “How We Rely on Welfare”. First edition, Crown, 2023; supplied local ebook text. Research locator: U3-P031.
The author puts public housing and mortgage deductions within one subsidy category, then compares who benefits.
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Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America. Chapter 5, “How We Rely on Welfare”. First edition, Crown, 2023; supplied local ebook text. Research locator: U3-P031.. Exact source words are separate from the editorial annotations on this page.
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First edition, Crown, 2023; supplied local ebook text