Progress on fair housing planning: HUD took another step forward in the planned release of a new rule clarifying the Fair Housing Act's "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" obligation for state and local government recipients of HUD funding. This latest step is a draft assessment form for jurisdictions to use to analyze local patterns of segregation in HUD programs and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 2, 2014): Civil rights progress at HUD and the Dept of Education
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PRRAC Update (September 18, 2014): An urgent call for safer housing options
"Moving to Peace and Safety": A must-read article in NHI's Rooflines from our colleague Barbara Samuels - recounting feedback from clients and applicants for the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program who are seeking safer housing opportunities for their children. (Some of the themes in Barbara's essay were also echoed in an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times.) In the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 18, 2014): An urgent call for safer housing options
PRRAC Update (August 29, 2014): CERD Report issued!
CERD report issued: The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued its Concluding Observations on U.S. compliance with the CERD treaty, reflecting many of the concerns raised by the delegation of U.S. civil and human rights groups that came to Geneva to testify. We were especially pleased to see the strong recommendations (pp. 6-7) on U.S. housing … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 29, 2014): CERD Report issued!
PRRAC Update (August 14, 2014): U.S. racial justice review in Geneva
This week in Geneva: The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is holding its periodic review of U.S. compliance with the CERD treaty this week. Along with the official U.S. delegation, dozens of U.S. civil rights advocates are in Geneva to testify and monitor the proceedings - see these summaries from the U.S. Human Rights Network and law professor Martha … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 14, 2014): U.S. racial justice review in Geneva
PRRAC Update (July 24, 2014): New Frontiers for Title VI?
"New Frontiers for Title VI" - a forum in the summer issue of Poverty & Race, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of this key section of the Civil Rights Act, with articles by Robert García, Marianne Engelman Lado, Phil Tegeler, and Derek Black. School diversity at the Dept. of Ed: PRRAC joined other members of the National Coalition on School Diversity in comments on … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 24, 2014): New Frontiers for Title VI?