In fall 2017, PRRAC joined other civil rights organizations (NAACP LDF, Relman Dane and Colfax, Lawyers' Committee, and Public Citizen) in filing an Administrative Procedure Act suit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its decision to suspend a 2016 rule change that would have helped low-income families with Housing Choice Vouchers move to … [Read more...] about OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents Materials (2017-2018)
Advocacy Documents
Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights
A bill that would drastically change the way federal agencies design regulations is on its way to a Senate vote. The Trump administration has made clear its intention to “deconstruct the regulatory state.” While they have lost no time in beginning to pick off specific regulations, the broader goal is to implement structural changes to bedrock administrative law and policies. … [Read more...] about Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights
NCSHA Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Administration (PRRAC, August 2017)
PRRAC Comments on NCSHA Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Administration (August 2017)
“Mass Incarceration and Child Trauma” by Mary Kelly Persyn (July-September 2017 P&R Issue)
By Mary Kelly Persyn (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is rapidly deconstructing the bipartisan federal criminal justice reform movement that flourished during the Obama years. Criminal justice reform has also been one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in recent years, gaining a foothold even in “tough on … [Read more...] about “Mass Incarceration and Child Trauma” by Mary Kelly Persyn (July-September 2017 P&R Issue)