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Responses to HUD’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Proposed Rule
Not in any newsletter issue of Poverty & Race On July 19, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an important draft rule to clarify the Fair Housing Act’s 1968 legal mandate to address segregated housing patterns and promote diverse, inclusive communities. The purpose of the rule is to provide clearer guidance to state and local governments … [Read more...] about Responses to HUD’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Proposed Rule
PRESS RELEASE: America Healing Organizations Applaud Release of HUD’s New Fair Housing Rule
The following statement reflects the views of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America Healing organizations, a group of civil rights organizations working toward racial equity and racial healing. The organizations include the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, NAACP, National Urban League, National Council of La Raza, Race Forward, Advancement Project, Demos, National … [Read more...] about PRESS RELEASE: America Healing Organizations Applaud Release of HUD’s New Fair Housing Rule
On Small Area FMR Expansion Proposal (PRRAC et al, July 2015)
Building Opportunity II: Civil Rights Best Practices in the LIHTC Program (PRRAC & Sarah Oppenheimer, July 2015)
A PRRAC Report. By Sarah Oppenheimer, (MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, and Ph.D candidate, University of Washington), with Megan Haberle, Etienne Toussaint, and Philip Tegeler. Synopsis: This summary report is an update to our 2008 report, Building Opportunity: Civil Rights Best Practices in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (PRRAC and the Lawyers’ … [Read more...] about Building Opportunity II: Civil Rights Best Practices in the LIHTC Program (PRRAC & Sarah Oppenheimer, July 2015)