By Brian Smedley and Rachel A. Davis, The Hill - Opinion Last year, reporters at the Center for Investigative Reporting combed through 31 million mortgage lending records in dozens of U.S. metropolitan areas. Their reporting, which nearly landed them a Pulitzer Prize, revealed that racial discrimination is alive and well in mortgage lending today. While Department of … [Read more...] about The Effects of Housing Discrimination on Health Can Reverberate for Decades (The Hill Opinion)
PRRAC Op-Eds and Blogs
The Trump Administration’s Assault on Fair Housing (Take Care Blog)
By Olatunde Johnson (PRRAC Board Chair) and Michelle Aronowitz, Take Care Blog Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule that would substantially limit enforcement of the 1968 Fair Housing Act, whose purpose is to provide for fair housing throughout the United States. The re-reading of the Fair Housing Act urged by the President … [Read more...] about The Trump Administration’s Assault on Fair Housing (Take Care Blog)
Guest Blog Post: Of Schools, Busing, Integration And Outdated Federal Policy (The School Superintendents Blog)
By Philip Tegeler, Executive Director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council; and Sunil Mansukhani, Principal, The Raben Group (The School Superintendents Blog) Few expected busing to be a major issue during the June 27 Democratic debate. The spirited exchange between Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden was unexpected by just about everyone, since … [Read more...] about Guest Blog Post: Of Schools, Busing, Integration And Outdated Federal Policy (The School Superintendents Blog)
Health, Housing, and Civil Rights Strategies (Grantmakers – Health Newsletter)
By Megan Haberle, PRRAC Grantmakers, practitioners, and advocates have recognized the role of place in shaping health, and know that there is a growing urgency to respond to inequities related to housing, residential segregation, and neighborhood conditions. This urgency is likely to soon be compounded by the emerging issue of climate change and the health effects it will … [Read more...] about Health, Housing, and Civil Rights Strategies (Grantmakers – Health Newsletter)
Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights (American Prospect)
By Megan Haberle, PRRAC 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. What’s Trump’s endgame? Conservatives hope to get, if not a full “deconstruction,” at … [Read more...] about Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights (American Prospect)
