New Study: Earned Income Tax Credit Improves Housing Security For Childless Young Adults
Posted by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity on November 3, 2026
A new study shows a temporary expansion to the Earned Income Tax Credit improved housing security for young workers who don’t have children. The findings – from researchers at Columbia University and the University of Michigan – have implications for federal and state policymakers looking to reduce hardship for childless workers ages 19 to 24. “Young adults under 24 years old face some of the highest poverty rates of any age group in the U.S. This is a life stage when many people are moving out of their parents’ homes and trying to make a living on their own for the first time. Young childless adults are largely excluded from most social safety net programs, this temporary policy extended benefits to this working population for the first time and our study showed it helped,” said Natasha Pilkauskas, associate director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan.
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