Cash benefits are intended to help low-income families, including many Housing Works clients, meet essential expenses, like housing, food, and medical costs. Yet, cash assistance grants have not been increased to meet the need demanded by inflation and New York’s rising cost of living. We support a 100% increase to New York’s basic and personal needs grants, which have not been increased since 2012 and 1997, respectively, through the passage of state legislation S5270A/A5500, S8655/A5507.