Alternatives to housing vouchers: HUD is exploring the possibility of providing direct rental assistance to eligible low income families, rather than the current system of contracting between PHAs and landlords. In response to a request for input on the concept, our letter focused on the concern that this new approach, unless carefully implemented, might exacerbate the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 5, 2024): Direct rental assistance; national school diversity conference
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PRRAC Update (August 22, 2024): PRRAC Executive Director search; new Poverty & Race issue
PRRAC Executive Director national search: With the anticipated departure of PRRAC’s longtime executive director Phil Tegeler, we are seeking a dynamic individual to lead PRRAC into its next act. The ideal candidate is grounded in racial justice policy, understands the role of law, policy, and social movements in advancing structural change, is an innovative thought leader and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 22, 2024): PRRAC Executive Director search; new Poverty & Race issue
PRRAC Update (August 8, 2024): School integration leads in national polls!
A bipartisan value: Most Americans support school integration – and this is true across racial, socioeconomic, and partisan divides. A new fact sheet from NCSD summarizes findings from three recent integration polls and offers key takeaways and sample messages to communicate the findings. Funding flexibility for housing vouchers: The Senate HUD appropriations bill for 2025 … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 8, 2024): School integration leads in national polls!
PRRAC Update (July 25, 2024): Section 8 in the courts
“50 years of tenant-based rental assistance”: We were pleased to be a part of this special issue of HUD’s social science journal Cityscape, which takes an in-depth look at multiple aspects of the Housing Choice Voucher program, HUD’s largest housing program. We especially recommend our entry, “Section 8 in the Courts: How Civil Rights Litigation Helped to Shape the Housing … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 25, 2024): Section 8 in the courts
PRRAC Update (July 11, 2024): Housing mobility planning grants; Black teachers after Brown; and PRRAC news!
Future housing mobility programs: HUD just released housing mobility planning grants to 25 PHAs, modeled on the services provided in the Community Choice Demonstration. In several of the regions in this grant announcement, families with Housing Choice Vouchers are dramatically concentrated in high poverty neighborhoods, giving some urgency to these planning grants, and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 11, 2024): Housing mobility planning grants; Black teachers after Brown; and PRRAC news!
