AFFH – the administrative state comes full circle: After the Trump administration‘s 2018 suspension of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, and after civil rights groups brought a valiant but unsuccessful Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit to challenge the suspension, the Trump administration in 2020 released a hollowed out version of the rule, which was … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 19, 2023): AFFH returns; magnet schools and public housing; school accountability and segregation
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PRRAC Update (January 5, 2023): 2023 Appropriations highlights; community reinvestment and social housing
Final 2023 appropriations bill – selected housing provisions: Although we were unsuccessful in our campaign to obtain additional funds for housing mobility services in the 2023 budget, there were at least two valuable housing provisions worth noting: a new $85 million incentive fund to encourage municipalities to eliminate exclusionary zoning laws, and a $130 million increase … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 5, 2023): 2023 Appropriations highlights; community reinvestment and social housing
PRRAC Update: Reflections on Raj Chetty’s 2022 social capital studies, Dec. 2022
In the new Poverty & Race: reflections on Raj Chetty’s recent research on cross-class friendships, from john powell, Mark Joseph, Linda Tropp, and members of Mobility Works and the Redress Movement – plus an examination of the possible segregation impacts of “No Child Left Behind” and the school accountability movement. Read the full issue here. Where is the proposed AFFH … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: Reflections on Raj Chetty’s 2022 social capital studies, Dec. 2022
PRRAC Update (December 1, 2022): 2022 housing mobility programs survey
Housing mobility programs survey: We have updated our biennial review of housing mobility programs at a time of exciting growth, with both the Community Choice Demonstration now underway, and a competitive funding notice for housing mobility services coming out early next year from HUD! See Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (PRRAC and Mobility Works, December … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 1, 2022): 2022 housing mobility programs survey
PRRAC Update (October 20, 2022): NY State mobility programs; improving ESEA
NY State housing mobility programs: Three years ago, Enterprise Community Partners-NY, with financial support from the NY State Attorney General’s office, began funding a pilot housing mobility program in Long Island, New York City, and Buffalo (with assistance from Mobility Works and PRRAC). Although the Covid pandemic hampered some of the programs’ progress, all three of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 20, 2022): NY State mobility programs; improving ESEA
