By Chester Hartman and Gregory Squires (Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates, Lawyers, and Policymakers, co-edited by Roger Clay and Susan Jones. Reprinted by permission of the American Bar Association. Copyright 2009.) Excerpt from larger volume, "Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for … [Read more...] about Lessons from Katrina: Structural Racism As a Recipe for Disaster (Chester Hartman & Gregory Squires, 2009)
Publications
Bringing Children Together: Magnet Schools and Public Housing Redevelopment (PRRAC-Charles Hamilton Institute for Race & Justice, 2009)
A PRRAC-Charles Hamilton Institute for Race & Justice Report (January 2009). By Philip Tegeler, Susan Eaton, and Westra Miller. Excerpt: Research and on the ground experience in our urban areas demonstrates that it is time to more deliberately link school and housing policy in efforts to reduce concentrated poverty, promote school diversity and revitalize communities … [Read more...] about Bringing Children Together: Magnet Schools and Public Housing Redevelopment (PRRAC-Charles Hamilton Institute for Race & Justice, 2009)
The Future of Race Conscious Goals in National Housing Policy (Philip Tegeler, 2009)
By Philip Tegeler. Public Housing and the Legacy of Segregation, ed. Margery Austin Turner, Susan J. Popkin, and Lynette Rawlings (Urban Institute Press Report, 2009). Excerpt: "Concentrated poverty and racial isolation persist in American cities. Recent data show that while the proportion of poor black and Latino families living in high-poverty neighborhoods declined … [Read more...] about The Future of Race Conscious Goals in National Housing Policy (Philip Tegeler, 2009)
National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Testimony and Final Report (December 2008)
National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity The National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is an independent Commission charged with assessing the current state of fair housing in America and making recommendations for a revived federal commitment to fair housing. The Commission is sponsored by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the … [Read more...] about National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Testimony and Final Report (December 2008)
Building Opportunity: Civil Rights Best Practices in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (50-state survey, PRRAC and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2008)
An Updated Fifty-State Review of LIHTC "Qualified Allocation Plans" Building Opportunity: 2008 report Appendix: Profiles of each state’s plan Appendix: State-by-state comparison charts Annotated LIHTC Bibliography Excerpt: "The “best practices” highlighted in this report are meant as a starting point for a discussion about how to move the Low Income Housing … [Read more...] about Building Opportunity: Civil Rights Best Practices in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (50-state survey, PRRAC and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2008)
