The latest incidents of disproportionate and gross police violence have shown once again the persistence of racialized structures of violence and inequality sustained by a legal and political apparatus that thwarts meaningful accountability. To respond, we need to address structural racism and its enduring consequences with renewed urgency. At a minimum, this means joining the … [Read more...] about Reckoning with Systemic Racism and Police Violence
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Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2020 (PRRAC – Mobility Works, July 2020)
A PRRAC - Mobility Works Program Review (July 2020). Editors: Heidi Kurniawan and Philip Tegeler. Contributing authors: Gretchen Weissman, Nicole Rolfe, Peter Kye, and Brian Knudsen. Excerpt: "All of this is changing now, with the impending release of $50 million in competitive grant funds, authorized by Congress in two years of bipartisan appropriations for the … [Read more...] about Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2020 (PRRAC – Mobility Works, July 2020)
An Anti-Racist Agenda for State and Local Education Agencies (PRRAC, July 2020)
Link to PDF. July 1, 2020 Our separate and unequal K-12 education system is one of the foundational pillars of structural racism in the United States – school segregation directly reinforces racial and class hierarchy. The COVID crisis has sharply exposed these inequities in our education system, and the ongoing protests against systemic racism in policing have also … [Read more...] about An Anti-Racist Agenda for State and Local Education Agencies (PRRAC, July 2020)
An Anti-Racist Agenda for State and Local Housing Agencies (PRRAC, July 2020)
Link to PDF. July 1, 2020 Local tenant organizations and racial justice activists are leading the way to expand the space for housing rights during the COVID crisis, and to make the important link between housing rights and racial justice. The right to safe and secure housing, without economic exploitation, is a basic human right – and because African American and Latinx … [Read more...] about An Anti-Racist Agenda for State and Local Housing Agencies (PRRAC, July 2020)
COVID-19 and Housing
Page Contents Selected HUD Materials Selected Advocacy Letters Selected Coalition Partners' Resource Pages Selected COVID-19 Resource Links Selected COVID-19 Links Future Housing Policy Selected Media Coverage of Social Housing The racially disproportionate health, mortality, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis … [Read more...] about COVID-19 and Housing
