"From Urban Renewal and Displacement to Economic Inclusion": An excellent new study by Marcia Rosen and Wendy Sullivan traces a 30+ year history of displacement, community organizing, advocacy and innovative policy development in San Francisco that have helped to mitigate the harms of gentrification and point the way to more inclusive redevelopment policies in other parts of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 29, 2012): New report on inclusive redevelopment; and a final settlement in Thompson v HUD
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PRRAC Update (November 14, 2012): New report on assisted housing and school location
New civil rights research from PRRAC: Do Federally Assisted Households Have Access to High Performing Public Schools?by Ingrid Gould Ellen and Keren Mertens Horn, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University. This important new study examines the location of federally subsidized family low income housing units in relation to their … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 14, 2012): New report on assisted housing and school location
PRRAC Update (November 1, 2012): Reflections on the recent “affirmative action” argument
"View from the Gallery": a reflection on the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the Fisher v. Texas affirmative action case from Seton Hall Law Professor Rachel Godsil, from next month's Poverty & Race....."Hotly contested cases are a form of political theater. The primary actors are the lawyers for the parties and the Justices themselves. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 1, 2012): Reflections on the recent “affirmative action” argument
PRRAC Update (October 18, 2012): Benefits of diversity for all students; and DC event
"How Non-Minority Students Also Benefit from Racially Diverse Schools:" The National Coalition on School Diversity has just released its latest Research Brief, in response to many requests from our colleagues in the field. Prepared by Genevieve Siegel-Hawley of Virginia Commonwealth University. Save the date: A post-election … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 18, 2012): Benefits of diversity for all students; and DC event
PRRAC Update (October 4, 2012): Preview of new P&R, plus housing and health
Coming to mailboxes this week - the new issue of Poverty & Race - featuring: "Why Don't Vouchers Do a Better Job of Deconcentrating Poverty? Insights from Fieldwork with Poor Families," by Stefanie DeLuca, Philip M.E. Garboden, and Peter Rosenblatt, Johns Hopkins University (examines the constrained "choices" facing low income families with Section 8 … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 4, 2012): Preview of new P&R, plus housing and health