Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 31, No.2 (Oct-Dec 2022) Adria Crutchfield, Ann Lott, and Valerie Rosenberg Housing mobility programs provide support and information that fundamentally increase choice and self-determination for voucher holders. This is a benefit in and of itself, but we know, too, that such choice … [Read more...] about Post-Move Supports Can Increase the Likelihood of Long-Term Benefits from Housing Mobility Programs (Oct – Dec 2022 P&R Issue)
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How Social Capital Research Can Help Redress Segregation (Oct – Dec 2022 P&R Issue)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 31, No.2 (Oct-Dec 2022) By Reggie Jackson and Bo McMillan The Redress Movement is an emerging racial justice organization that aims to organize racially and ethnically diverse local movements in communities throughout the U.S. We help residents to build and wield collective power needed … [Read more...] about How Social Capital Research Can Help Redress Segregation (Oct – Dec 2022 P&R Issue)
Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)
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)
Expanded protections for families with Housing Choice Vouchers (September 2022)
Expanded protections for families with Housing Choice Vouchers By Brian Knudsen Read the full brief here With the rapid expansion of source of income discrimination laws across the U.S., PRRAC now estimates that over 57 percent of households using Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) live in states, counties, or local jurisdictions with Source of Income (SOI) … [Read more...] about Expanded protections for families with Housing Choice Vouchers (September 2022)
The Persistence of School Segregation in the United States, its Effects on Racial Disparities in School Funding, Achievement, and Discipline, and the Failure of the U.S. Government to Sufficiently Address the Problem (July, 2022)
Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination July 14, 2022 Submitted in Response to the 2021 Periodic Report of the United States of America Submission prepared by: Janelle Taylor, Robert Lindsay, Maryam Ibrahim, Peter Kye, and Philip Tegeler of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report outlines … [Read more...] about The Persistence of School Segregation in the United States, its Effects on Racial Disparities in School Funding, Achievement, and Discipline, and the Failure of the U.S. Government to Sufficiently Address the Problem (July, 2022)
