Home Sick: How Medical Debt Undermines Housing Security
November 2005 The researchers conducted surveys of people visiting Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites in Atlanta, Georgia; Des Moines, Iowa; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Phoenix, Arizona; Providence, Rhode Island; St. Louis, Missouri; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and West Palm Beach, Florida. The 2005 VITA program offered free tax help to people whose 2004 incomes were $36,000 or less. Between January and April 2005, 1,692 people visiting VITA completed a survey; a control sample of 444 people was gathered through door-to-door canvassing. A total of 2,136 surveys were completed. The results indicated that about 21% of the United States . . .
