Growing the field of housing mobility: We are pleased to announce the launch of a new collaborative website, www.housingmobility.org, which includes video, audio and photos of families participating in regional housing mobility programs from across the country and a resource library with the latest social science research, legal advocacy, best practices, and policy analysis in … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 2, 2014): Housingmobility.org
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PRRAC Update (April 17, 2014): “The suburban promise of Brown”
Upcoming Events "The Suburban Promise of Brown: Addressing Challenges to Sustaining Racially Diverse Schools and Communities": A major symposium at Teachers College, Columbia University, on Friday, May 2, will look at the relation between housing and school policy in suburban communities, and how stable economic and racial diversity can be maintained. Space is still … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 17, 2014): “The suburban promise of Brown”
PRRAC Update (April 3, 2014): Immigrant integration; LIHTC and FRPL
One Nation Invisible has released their newest story from the field, "Utah's Bilingual Boon," an engaging profile of Spanish two-way bilingual programs near Park City, which are part of a larger state-supported language immersion effort in a so-called "red state" that has also come to value immigrant integration. One Nation Indivisible is a project of the Charles Hamilton … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 3, 2014): Immigrant integration; LIHTC and FRPL
PRRAC Update (March 13, 2014): What do we know about inequality?
“The Challenge of Inequality” by Justin Steil, in the new Poverty & Race – a concise and powerful overview of recent economics research, including new scholarship at UC-Berkeley. Plus an article from Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett on the psychological impacts of inequality. Fair housing goals in HUD’s “Housing Counseling” program: HUD’s $38.5 million Housing … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 13, 2014): What do we know about inequality?
PRRAC Update (February 27, 2014): Early education; President Obama’s new Young Men of Color initiative
New opportunity for integrated Pre-K education? Recent research shows that children in kindergarten and pre-K are the most segregated age group in America, by race, ethnicity, and income. But there is growing evidence that all children do better in integrated early education programs. Will the Department of Education's new $250M early education program help to bring … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 27, 2014): Early education; President Obama’s new Young Men of Color initiative