April 24, 2023 RE: Docket No. FR-6250-P-01; Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing To Whom It May Concern: The 48 undersigned fair housing, civil rights, housing advocacy, faith, consumer, women’s, real estate, LGBTQI+, senior and allied organizations submit these comments on HUD’s proposed new affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) regulation (Docket No. … [Read more...] about National Fair Housing Groups AFFH Sign-on Letter
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Columbia, Missouri Ordinance Amended to Include Source of Income Discrimination Language (March 2023)
Permanent Record filed in Clerk's office. Ordinance no.025279 Introduced by Buffaloe First Readin 3-6-23 Second Reading -3-20-23 Ordinance No. 025279 Council Bill No. B 39-23 AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 12 of the City Code to add source or income as a protected category under discriminatory practices; amending Chapter 19 of the City Code relating to the … [Read more...] about Columbia, Missouri Ordinance Amended to Include Source of Income Discrimination Language (March 2023)
State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)
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)
Connecting magnet schools and public housing redevelopment: January 2023 update
Darryn Mumphery and Philip Tegeler Excerpt: PRRAC’s March 2021 policy brief, Mixed income neighborhoods and integrated schools: Linking HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative with the Department of Education’s Magnet Schools Assistance Program, highlighted an important opportunity for interagency collaboration, encouraging an explicit connection between HUD’s Choice … [Read more...] about Connecting magnet schools and public housing redevelopment: January 2023 update
PRRAC recommendations on SEMAP reform January 2023
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
