Alliance for Housing Justice Social housing is a public option for housing. Social housing is permanently and deeply affordable, under community control, and most importantly, exists outside of the speculative real estate market. Social housing can exist in different forms. It can be owned by public entities, residents or mission-driven nonprofits. It can be occupied by … [Read more...] about What is Social Housing? (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Elizabeth H. DeBray, Philip Tegeler, Ariel H. Bierbaum, & Andrew J. Greenlee Segregation and concentration of poverty are long-standing issues with material consequences for academic and life outcomes as well as democratic representation and participation. The enduring impacts of housing and school segregation continue to undermine the democratic nature of our public … [Read more...] about The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
— Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) There's no higher compliment, in my view, for an academic than seeing that your work has had a real impact on people's lives, so this conference is incredibly meaningful to me. And of course, that impact is only possible because of the work you all do, so I'm very grateful for … [Read more...] about The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Poverty & Race Journal (August – December 2023)
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility — Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration —Elizabeth H. DeBray, Philip Tegeler, Ariel H. Bierbaum, & Andrew J. Greenlee Recalibrating a … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (August – December 2023)
Chester Hartman – In Memoriam (1936-2023) (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) John Charles Boger, PRRAC Board Member We at the Poverty & Race Research Council (PRRAC) pause here to remember and lift up the life of Chester Hartman, whose death in San Francisco on May 9, 2023 ended 87 years of remarkable service. PRRAC was … [Read more...] about Chester Hartman – In Memoriam (1936-2023) (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)