Continuing advocacy in the federal executive branch: As the election year approaches, the federal regulatory process moves with increasing urgency. In the past few weeks, we've submitted detailed comments on the proposed new Head Start performance standards (which include classroom diversity for the first time), submitted joint comments with the Center on Budget and Policy … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 20, 2015): Time’s running out?
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (July 30, 2015): Social impact investment and housing mobility; 50 state survey of state LIHTC plans
Can housing mobility pay for itself? We explored this question in a new report published by the San Francisco Federal Reserve, Leveraging the Power of Place: Using Pay for Success to Support Housing Mobility, written by Dan Rinzler (Low Income Investment Fund), Phil Tegeler (PRRAC), Mary Cunningham (Urban Institute), and Craig Pollack (Johns Hopkins). Best practices in … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 30, 2015): Social impact investment and housing mobility; 50 state survey of state LIHTC plans
PRRAC Update (July 2, 2015): Roisman on ICP v. TX; Online apartment listings; HCV reforms
“The Power of the Supreme Court’s Decision in the Fair Housing Act Case”: Read Florence Roisman’s analysis of ICP v Texas, from the forthcoming Poverty & Race. Online “Section 8” rental listings: In its proposed rule on HUD Section 8 “portability” (which is still pending after more than three years), HUD requested comments on whether “the list of landlords and other … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 2, 2015): Roisman on ICP v. TX; Online apartment listings; HCV reforms
PRRAC Update (June 18, 2015): School integration developments in charters, Head Start, and NYC; LIHTC in St. Louis
Continuing progress on school diversity: The Department of Education issued final guidelines and funding invitation(s) for state charter school grants this week that included priority points for school diversity. While the point totals were more modest than we would have liked, these steps represent an increasing emphasis on school integration at the Department. In the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 18, 2015): School integration developments in charters, Head Start, and NYC; LIHTC in St. Louis
PRRAC Update (June 4, 2015): Small Area FMRs!
Potential progress on housing mobility: HUD has issued an "Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" to expand the use of the successful "Small Area Fair Market Rent" methodology for setting Housing Choice Voucher Rents in certain metro areas with high levels of Section 8 voucher concentration and clustering. Small Area FMRs, which originated from a 2007 civil rights lawsuit in … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 4, 2015): Small Area FMRs!
