Mobility Works at NAHRO: If you are planning to be at the NAHRO conference in San Antonio next week, please visit the Mobility Works booth - Demetria McCain and Nicole Rolfe from the Inclusive Communities Project will be there, and Demetria is also on a workshop panel on housing mobility. Our Mobility Works team has been busy this year, helping PHAs develop housing mobility … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 3, 2019): Housing Mobility at NAHRO; DC AI; Two Weeks Left for Proposed Reg Comments
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (September 19, 2019): Climate Change, Small Area FMRs, and New Source of Income Protections
Climate change, racial equity, and the candidates: We've just released the latest in our series of analyses of civil rights issues in the current presidential campaign, 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates' Positions on Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Related Housing Issues, which looks at the candidates' climate change platforms from a racial equity … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 19, 2019): Climate Change, Small Area FMRs, and New Source of Income Protections
PRRAC Update (August 29, 2019): Reviewing the New Chetty Report; Call to Action on Disparate Impact; Lanahan Talk at PRRAC
In the new Poverty & Race: Articles by Betsy Julian on the exciting new housing mobility study in Seattle; Justin Steil on disparate impact and anti-subordination theory; Alexandra Curley and Gretchen Weismann on residential preferences of voucher families in Boston; and Kelly Patterson and Robert Silverman on the first year of implementation of the Small Area FMR rule. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 29, 2019): Reviewing the New Chetty Report; Call to Action on Disparate Impact; Lanahan Talk at PRRAC
Why Housing Vouchers Fail to Help Clevelanders Escape Poverty, and How We Can Do Better: Leila Atassi (Cleveland.com)
By Leila Atassi, Cleveland.com [...] Wade said CMHA has been paying close attention to programs like Seattle’s and a similar one in Chicago, with an eye toward trying to determine which services most effectively improve outcomes for families and can be adapted in Cuyahoga County. To that end, CMHA has contracted with the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in … [Read more...] about Why Housing Vouchers Fail to Help Clevelanders Escape Poverty, and How We Can Do Better: Leila Atassi (Cleveland.com)
PRRAC Update (July 30, 2019): The Democratic Candidates’ Positions on Fair and Affordable Housing
How do the aspiring presidential candidates compare in their approaches to fair and affordable housing? Which candidates explicitly address the legacy of racial segregation and community disinvestment in their platforms? See our latest policy review, "The Democratic Candidates' Positions on Fair and Affordable Housing," by Megan Haberle and LeGrand Northcutt. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 30, 2019): The Democratic Candidates’ Positions on Fair and Affordable Housing
