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)
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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)
Concerning Enhanced Vouchers and Fair Housing (PRRAC et al, April 2022)
https://www.prrac.org/pdf/letter-concerning-enhanced-vouchers-and-fair-housing-04-08-22.pdf … [Read more...] about Concerning Enhanced Vouchers and Fair Housing (PRRAC et al, April 2022)
Prioritizing Educational Equity and School Integration in San Francisco’s Housing Element (Housing and Education Advocates, February 2022)
Expanding Federal Support for Tenant Organizing in Federally Assisted Housing and the HCV Program (PRRAC & NHLP, February 2022)
A PRRAC & NHLP Policy Brief. 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 … [Read more...] about Expanding Federal Support for Tenant Organizing in Federally Assisted Housing and the HCV Program (PRRAC & NHLP, February 2022)
