Funding for school diversity planning: We helped NCSD with a national sign-on letter urging Congress to appropriate funds for the Fostering Diversity grants program (as also recommended in the President’s 2023 budget) along with other school diversity-related funding, including an increase in the Magnet Schools Assistance Program. The letter included an impressive range of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 2, 2022): School Diversity Funding Campaign; PHAs and School Districts
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (May 19, 2022): AFFH and the President’s Housing Supply Plan; Opening Up Selective High Schools
Buffalo was a city we visited often before the pandemic, working with and learning from dedicated fair housing advocates, city and housing agency staff, researchers, and community organizers. We are deeply saddened by the deadly, racially targeted attack on its people last week. If you are interested in contributing to support the victims’ families, we saw this note from the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 19, 2022): AFFH and the President’s Housing Supply Plan; Opening Up Selective High Schools
PRRAC Update (April 21, 2022): Proposed Charter School Priorities; HUD’s Racial Equity Plan
The federal charter school program: The Biden Administration took a major step forward in March in proposing a new set of priorities and requirements for applicants for federal charter school grants. In addition to eliminating for-profit providers from eligibility, the new priorities encourage collaboration with local public school districts, encourage school diversity where … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 21, 2022): Proposed Charter School Priorities; HUD’s Racial Equity Plan
PRRAC Update (April 7, 2022): Proposed HUD budget; Progress on Voucher Discrimination
More housing progress in the President’s budget: We were pleased to see that the HUD budget for 2023 again includes a significant proposed expansion of the Housing Choice Voucher program – by 200,000 additional vouchers, at a proposed cost of $1.5 billion, along with $445 million for mobility-related services to help families with vouchers make successful moves to low-poverty … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 7, 2022): Proposed HUD budget; Progress on Voucher Discrimination
PRRAC Update (March 24, 2022): Housing Mobility Funding; New PRRAC Staff; AFFH and FHFA
Housing mobility funding in the 2022 budget! In addition to across-the-board spending increases on low-income housing programs, the final 2022 appropriations act provides $200 million to expand Housing Choice Vouchers to an additional 25,000 families, and an allocation of $25 million for a competitive grants program to support additional housing mobility programs – one of our … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 24, 2022): Housing Mobility Funding; New PRRAC Staff; AFFH and FHFA
