New Mobility Works executive director: Welcome to Valerie Rosenberg, who will be leading the next phase of the Mobility Works technical assistance collaborative. Mobility Works will continue to offer training, coaching, program development, grant-writing, opportunity mapping, program evaluation and other technical assistance for public housing agencies and non-profits seeking … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 3, 2022): Mobility Works News; Magnet Schools & Public Housing
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (February 17, 2022): HUD Support for Tenant Organizing; Civil Rights Data Collection
Federal support for tenant organizing: PRRAC and the National Housing Law Project have advocated for increased support for tenant organizing in HUD-subsidized developments, and our latest policy brief urges HUD to expand this support to families participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, our largest low-income housing program. CRDC comments: We assisted the National … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 17, 2022): HUD Support for Tenant Organizing; Civil Rights Data Collection
PRRAC Update (February 3, 2022): Housing Mobility Conference; SOI Update
Housing mobility conference panels available: For those of you who couldn’t make it, we have posted the videos from the six sessions at the 8th National Conference on Housing Mobility. This is a great resource for PHA staff and fair housing advocates, and it will only be posted publicly for the month of February on the Mobility Works website – so don’t wait until March to … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 3, 2022): Housing Mobility Conference; SOI Update
PRRAC Update (January 20, 2022): AFFH for States; “Fostering Diverse Schools”
AFFH for States: If some version of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule is reinstated later this year, it will be a major opportunity for state governments (which were left out of the initial AFFH process because the Trump Administration suspended the rule before the paperwork for state governments was completed). In anticipation of a reinstated rule, we’ve put … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 20, 2022): AFFH for States; “Fostering Diverse Schools”
PRRAC Update (January 7, 2022): The Next Federal Budget; Secretary Cardona’s Priorities; and PRRAC is Hiring!
Happy New Year! FY 2023 budget: The federal government doesn’t even have a budget finalized for the current (2022) fiscal year, but last month was the time to make suggestions for new or innovative programs to be included in the President’s Budget for the next fiscal year, 2023. We joined in several recommendations, including a joint letter with the National Housing Law … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 7, 2022): The Next Federal Budget; Secretary Cardona’s Priorities; and PRRAC is Hiring!
