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Today, the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing to review the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS), a program that helps “enables HUD-assisted families to increase their earned income and reduce their dependency on welfare assistance and rental subsidies.”
“Today’s subcommittee on the Family Self-Sufficiency Program was essential in learning what needs to be done to achieve our goal of helping families both increase their employability and become less dependent on government assistance,” stated Subcommittee Chairman Sean Duffy (R-WI).
The Subcommittee released the following Key Takeaways from the Hearing
- The FSS program, established in 1990, has the potential to help low-income families across the country build wealth and achieve economic self-sufficiency.
- When implemented properly, the FSS program leverages local resources so families can increase their incomes and reduce or eliminate the need for government assistance.
- As we bring a new focus and new ideas on how to best help the poor in our society, success must be measured by the number of our fellow citizens who rise from lives of poverty and dependency to lives of hope, self-sufficiency, and economic freedom.
From access to affordable housing to financial literacy, there are various powerful ways to empower families to be self-sufficient and rise out of poverty. Programs like this are fundamental in helping disadvantaged families create better lives and achieve the cornerstones of the American Dream like homeownership.