A Housing Choice Voucher reform agenda: As calls grow for a dramatic expansion of the Housing Choice Voucher program, it is also important to address some of the structural problems with the program that can have the effect of steering families to higher poverty neighborhoods. See our new policy brief, “Housing Choice Voucher Reform: A Primer for 2021 and Beyond.” Virtual … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 13, 2020): The Unfinished Business of Housing Choice Voucher Reform; CARES Act Education Funding
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PRRAC Update (July 16, 2020): Future Federal Housing Policy; Mobility Demonstration; School Diversity in the House
Future federal housing policy: We have released an initial set of housing policy reform recommendations, to accompany what we hope will be a major new investment in affordable housing in 2021 and beyond. See our policy brief, “A Vision for Federal Housing Policy in 2021 and Beyond.” Housing Mobility Demonstration: The Notice of Funding Availability was released this week for … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 16, 2020): Future Federal Housing Policy; Mobility Demonstration; School Diversity in the House
PRRAC Update (July 2, 2020): An Anti-Racist Agenda for State and Local Governments; and the Latest on Housing Mobility
New prospects for housing mobility: As we await (any day now!) HUD’s Notice of Funding Availability for the $50M bipartisan Housing Mobility Demonstration, we are pleased to release a new report, Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2020, co-published by PRRAC and Mobility Works. Later in July, PRRAC will also be participating in a national webinar on the Mobility … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 2, 2020): An Anti-Racist Agenda for State and Local Governments; and the Latest on Housing Mobility
PRRAC Update (June 1, 2020): Our Collective Responsibility; Recruiting the “Opportunity Landlord”; Housing and Education
Our collective responsibility: The nationwide demonstrations against police brutality are also a call to each of us to consider the ways we need to step up and respond in our own work and community. Read our Board Chair Olati Johnson's statement on the crisis here. Opportunity landlords: Our latest report on best practices for housing mobility programs is out - Recruiting … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 1, 2020): Our Collective Responsibility; Recruiting the “Opportunity Landlord”; Housing and Education
PRRAC Update (May 7, 2020): Future School Policy; Virtual Keynote
State school integration legislation: Originally developed for the National Coalition on School Diversity’s postponed national conference, Model State School Integration Policies provides concrete legislative language for advocates seeking to address the growing economic and racial divides in our nation’s schools. We can do better in the 2020s! Housing mobility on Long … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 7, 2020): Future School Policy; Virtual Keynote
