Jennifer Ludden
speaker
983 appearances
138 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 1 Sep
Jennifer Ludden’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 126 in all, peaking in Nov 2025 with 27.
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Over the past year, expanded work requirements for federal food aid have also taken hold.
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Enrollment in that program has dropped by several million people.
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Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
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More than a quarter of working-age adults who used a credit card for food did not repay the full amount.
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That's according to new research by the Urban Institute think tank, which finds an uptick in such financial stress since 2023.
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Nearly 20 percent said they'd tapped long-term savings not meant for daily expenses to pay for groceries.
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A third who used Buy Now, Pay Later missed a payment in the last year.
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The survey was done in December before the Iran war sent gas prices up and further strained many people's budgets.
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Over the past year, expanded work requirements for federal food aid have also taken hold.
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Enrollment in that program has dropped by several million people.
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Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
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A quarter of roommates are now over age 45, a share that's doubled in the past decade.
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Among U.S.
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roommate households, it finds 18 percent include couples and 12 percent include children.
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SpareRoom's CEO says this can happen in a number of situations.
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A couple has a first baby before they're able to afford their own place.
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A family with kids rents out a spare room.
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Or single parents team up to split the rent and child care.
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Housing costs, both to rent and own, spiked during the COVID pandemic.
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And while prices are not rising as fast now, they remain at record highs in many places.
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