In today’s rundown: Fairfax County plans to invest $17 million into affordable housing projects. | Low-income Virginians will pay higher state income taxes. | President Obama has signed a bill that will extend unemployment benefits to jobless Americans.
–According to the Washington Examiner, “Fairfax County is poised to inject more than $17 million into affordable housing projects in coming years…. The county plans to devote $4 million next budget year to more than 360 families requesting housing….” Click here to read more.
— Low-income wage earners in Virginia will be paying more state income taxes because of a change to the state budget, according to an advocacy group for low-and moderate-income residents. The change means that the state’s earned income credit is decoupled from the federal earned income tax credit. Click here for details.
— President Obama has signed a bill that will keep unemployment checks going to jobless Americans. The legislation will restore aid to thousands of people who had run out of benefits or whose eligibility was expiring. Click here to read more.