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Housing Choice Voucher Mobility

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State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)

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Updated September 2024 Read Appendix B here... Set out below is a compilation of state, local, and federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in the housing market based on source of income, along with an annotated bibliography of studies and published articles relating to discrimination against families with federal Housing Choice Vouchers. You can use the hyperlinks in the … [Read more...] about State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)

PRRAC recommendations on SEMAP reform January 2023

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January 10, 2023 To: HUD PIH and PDR staff (semap@hud.gov) From: Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Re: Comments on proposed SEMAP reforms Dear colleagues, Thank you again for the opportunity to participate in the December 12, 2022 stakeholders listening session on possible reforms to the Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) rule. We are … [Read more...] about PRRAC recommendations on SEMAP reform January 2023

Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)

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This latest overview of housing mobility programs in the U.S. is released amidst the biggest increase in support for housing mobility since the 1990s. The report also comes at a time when HUD is recommitting to the principle of “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” which means, in the Housing Choice Voucher program, giving families a meaningful choice to live in lower … [Read more...] about Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)

Expanding Federal Support for Tenant Organizing in Federally Assisted Housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (February 2022)

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A PRRAC Policy Report. Excerpt: "Voucher participants should have a right to organize, just as HUD has provided in the public housing and project-based rental assistance housing programs. HUD should promulgate tenant organizing regulations for the HCV program that allow for the greatest flexibility and have the lowest barriers to organizing. Additionally, HUD should fund … [Read more...] about Expanding Federal Support for Tenant Organizing in Federally Assisted Housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (February 2022)