40% of Americans struggle to pay for one basic need like food, housing or health care
“Many people still struggle to pay bills — even for something as basic as food. That’s the difficult conclusion of a new report released Tuesday by the Urban Institute, a progressive nonprofit policy group based in Washington, D.C., which surveyed almost 7,600 adults last December. Some 39.4% of adults said their families had trouble meeting at least one basic need for food, health care, housing, or utilities last year. Nearly 24% of respondents reported two or more hardships in 2017 and 14% said they experienced at least three of these.”