Strong show of support for Small Area Fair Market Rents: Shortly before the December preliminary injunction hearing in Open Communities Alliance v. Carson, HUD issued a notice seeking comments on its August suspension of the SAFMR rule. The notice did not affect the judge's ruling, but it did bring out a strong group of comments from advocates for low income families from … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 18, 2018): Small Area FMR progress; Kerner Commission at 50
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PRRAC Update (January 4, 2018): Bad news and good news in the new year
2-3 year delay in AFFH compliance?! HUD is once again seeking to evade its civil rights responsibilities, this time with a multi-year extension of time to all local governments with upcoming deadlines to submit an Assessment of Fair Housing to HUD. An extraordinary and unexpected development. Read the notice here. Stay tuned. OCA v Carson : Over the holidays, we … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 4, 2018): Bad news and good news in the new year
PRRAC Update (December 14, 2017): Sign the petition – and run this Saturday!
Sign the petition! on removal of the "anti-busing rider" from the 2018 Appropriations Bill. On Tuesday the National Coalition on School Diversity launched an online petition and call campaign asking Congress to strike Sections 301 and 302 from the House and Senate appropriations bills and we need your help! NCSD and other civil rights advocacy groups sent letters to leaders … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 14, 2017): Sign the petition – and run this Saturday!
PRRAC Update (November 30, 2017): Housing and school integration; anti-busing relic lingers on
Housing and school integration: Executive Director Phil Tegeler and Michael Hilton, our Policy Counsel for education, have collaborated on a chapter on housing and school integration policy, titled "Disrupting the Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing and School Segregation," as part of a forthcoming Joint Center for Housing Studies volume on segregation in the U.S. Our … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 30, 2017): Housing and school integration; anti-busing relic lingers on
PRRAC Update (November 16, 2017): SAFMR Update; DeVos and diversity; NCSD photos!
Open Communities Alliance et al v. Carson: The plaintiffs filed their motion for preliminary injunction last week, seeking to reinstate the unlawfully suspended mandatory portion of the Small Area Fair Market Rent rule as soon as possible. PRRAC is working on the case along with NAACP LDF, Relman Dane and Colfax, the Lawyers Committee, and Public Citizen. You can read the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 16, 2017): SAFMR Update; DeVos and diversity; NCSD photos!
