A Dallas nonprofit is raising concerns that the ongoing freeze on federal SNAP benefits could soon cause a housing crisis for working families.
Interfaith Family Services, which helps families avoid or overcome homelessness, says it’s already seeing a sharp increase in requests for help with rent and utilities. Applications for assistance through its rent and utilities fund have jumped from roughly 1,000 to more than 1,600, and the number keeps climbing.
Kimberly Williams, CEO of Interfaith Family Services, says the pause on benefits has exposed how fragile many working families’ budgets already are…