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> the $45 billion in rental assistance allocated by Congress to address the crisis. That funding is unprecedented: Renters were given just $1.5 billion during t
by britch 5y ago
> the $45 billion in rental assistance allocated by Congress to address the crisis. That funding is unprecedented: Renters were given just $1.5 billion during the Great Recession
That $1.5 Billion is over a trillion in 2021 dollars. $45 Billion seems like very little in comparison.
- the_jeremy 5y agoThe Great Recession was in 2008. That's $1.86 Billion in today's dollars.
- kristjansson 5y agoThis is either a really good joke about inflation or a total misread of _rec_ession, as the other comment points out. Much funnier as the former!