Anyone who thinks that the words “innovation” and “HUD” don’t belong in the same sentence should take notice: In the past two years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been crafting innovative solutions to bureaucratic problems that have plagued the agency for decades. These innovations are coming from across the program spectrum. Agency … [Read more...] about Innovation and the Federal Housing Budget: Notes for President Obama’s “Listening Tour” (March 2011)
Policy Analyses
NCSD Issue Brief 1: Key Principles for ESEA Reauthorization (February 2011)
ESEA Should Further Its Original Purposes: Providing High Quality, Equitable Opportunities for All Children and Countering the Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Racial Isolation Today, public schoolchildren are more racially isolated than at any time in the past four decades. And, racially isolated schools are overwhelmingly high-poverty schools: indeed nine out of ten of … [Read more...] about NCSD Issue Brief 1: Key Principles for ESEA Reauthorization (February 2011)
Important Civil Rights Issues in H.R. 5814, the “Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010” (August 2010)
H.R. 5814, the “Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010,” could roll back basic civil rights protections against the re-segregation of low-income housing that have been in effect for decades. Among the damaging provisions of this bill: ► Pursuant to Title I (Choice Neighborhoods Initiative), all new low-income public housing units (or similarly … [Read more...] about Important Civil Rights Issues in H.R. 5814, the “Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010” (August 2010)
The “Housing + Transportation Index” and Fair Housing (August 2010)
With their comprehensive “Housing + Transportation Index,” The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has developed a useful tool for estimating the combined cost of housing and transportation – the two largest shares of most family budgets – for homebuyers in 337 metro areas. The index can be used to move land use and development decisions away from sprawl, and to inform … [Read more...] about The “Housing + Transportation Index” and Fair Housing (August 2010)
Response to U.S. Report on the State of Human Rights in the United States
The recent report on domestic human rights issues submitted by the State Department to the United Nations Human Rights Council is a welcome acknowledgement of the U.S. government’s commitment to participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council.[NOTE]This report is in compliance with the on-going “Universal Periodic Review” process conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council … [Read more...] about Response to U.S. Report on the State of Human Rights in the United States
