House votes for housing mobility funding: Thanks to all of you who contacted your Congressperson earlier this month! The House of Representatives just passed the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018 on Tuesday. The bill would authorize $30 million in competitive funding for up to 15 new or existing housing mobility programs (and an additional $20 million … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 12, 2018): Mobility advances, school integration retreats, and a call for EJ legislation
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PRRAC Update (June 22, 2018): Disparate impact under attack; new P&R; fall housing mobility conference
Disparate impact: The Trump administration is apparently aiming for a fair housing deregulatory trifecta - first the suspension of the Small Area FMR rule (struck down by the federal court), then the suspension of the AFFH rule (currently in litigation), and now a "reconsideration" of HUD's Disparate Impact rule, in a new Federal Register notice purporting to seek input on a … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 22, 2018): Disparate impact under attack; new P&R; fall housing mobility conference
PRRAC Update (May 31, 2018): Deconstructing segregation; NFHA v Carson; Progress in Congress; Appendix B
Deconstructing Segregation? Our latest field report on the intersections of fair housing, education, and transportation looks at efforts to take down the interstate highway that divided Syracuse, NY in the 1960s. See "Deconstructing Segregation in Syracuse: The fate of I-81 and the future of one of New York State's highest poverty communities," authored by Buffalo-based Make … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 31, 2018): Deconstructing segregation; NFHA v Carson; Progress in Congress; Appendix B
PRRAC Update (May 17, 2018): NFHA v. Carson, school integration in a healthy democracy, fair housing and proximate cause
Back to court with Secretary Carson: Last week, alongside other civil rights groups,* we filed a challenge to HUD's unlawful suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, on behalf of the National Fair Housing Alliance, Texas Housers, and Texas Appleseed. The suspension would delay implementation of the rule for 5-7 years for over 900 cities and counties - but … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 17, 2018): NFHA v. Carson, school integration in a healthy democracy, fair housing and proximate cause
PRRAC Update (May 3, 2018): Hattiesburg; Selma; St. Louis; and remembering Arnold Hirsch
PRRAC in the South: We are grateful for our recent opportunities to engage with communities in Mississippi and Alabama. It is especially valuable for civil rights lawyers to return to the places where the laws we rely on originated, and to see Southern communities acknowledging their racial histories in ways the North is still struggling to do. In Hattiesburg, our initial … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 3, 2018): Hattiesburg; Selma; St. Louis; and remembering Arnold Hirsch
