Ben Carson and the future of HUD: The nomination of a HUD Secretary with no experience in housing has sparked serious concerns about potential shredding of the social safety net for millions of families and children who cannot afford housing in the private market, and the potential defunding of HUD's 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. Carson's lack of knowledge … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 8, 2016): Ben Carson; philanthropy under attack; new P&R
Bi-weekly PRRAC Email Update
PRRAC Update (November 17, 2016): Two more months
A week later : The divisive racial rhetoric of the recent campaign is deeply concerning to all of us at PRRAC, not just for the license it has given to personal expressions of racism, but also for the hardships it portends for those low income families who rely on federal housing assistance, and who rely on our public schools to provide greater opportunity for their children. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 17, 2016): Two more months
PRRAC Update (November 3, 2016): Latest developments in ICP’s civil rights suit against the Treasury Department
Inclusive Communities Project v. Department of Treasury and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency : U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater has once again upheld the Inclusive Communities Project's 2014 challenge to the Treasury Department's failure to comply with the Fair Housing Act in its administration of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. In a 38-page decision, Judge … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 3, 2016): Latest developments in ICP’s civil rights suit against the Treasury Department
PRRAC Update (October 22, 2016): AFFH for PHAs; “School Diversity in Action”
AFFH for PHAs : HUD continues to revise the reporting forms for the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing process, as AFFH has begun to roll out across the country. The latest revisions came in the Assessment of Fair Housing form for public housing agencies (PHAs) - which is improved but still missing several key analyses that would be routinely done by a fair housing or … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 22, 2016): AFFH for PHAs; “School Diversity in Action”
PRRAC Update (October 6, 2016): The “other” Section 8 reform; new NCSD policy brief
The "other" Section 8 reform : Behind the scenes, HUD has been working to make small but important changes to the Housing Choice Voucher program to improve families' housing choices and address the clustering of vouchers in high poverty neighborhoods. But the two most important changes have waited until the last year of the Obama Administration: the first regulation, an … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 6, 2016): The “other” Section 8 reform; new NCSD policy brief
