A PRRAC Report (September 2007). By Erica Frankenberg. Excerpt: "The Project Choice program, which provides integrated school opportunities for Hartford schoolchildren throughout the region, is an integral part of the State of Connecticut’s response to the 1996 Sheff v. O’Neill school decision. The Choice program has been overshadowed by the larger interdistrict magnet … [Read more...] about Project Choice Campaign: Improving and Expanding Hartford’s Project Choice Program (Erica Frankenberg, September 2007)
Publications
Rebuilding a Healthy New Orleans : Final Conference Report of the New Orleans Health Disparities Initiative (PRRAC, Alliance for Healthy Homes, the Center for Social Inclusion, & the Health Policy Institute, May 2007)
A PRRAC, Alliance for Healthy Homes, the Center for Social Inclusion, & the Health Policy Institute Report (May 2007). Editors, Marcheta Gillam, Steve Fischbach, Lynne Wolf, Nkiru Azikiwe, and Philip Tegeler. Excerpt: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma opened our eyes to vast poverty in our rich nation. The storms and the flooding from New Orleans’ broken levees drew … [Read more...] about Rebuilding a Healthy New Orleans : Final Conference Report of the New Orleans Health Disparities Initiative (PRRAC, Alliance for Healthy Homes, the Center for Social Inclusion, & the Health Policy Institute, May 2007)
New Directions for U.S. Housing Policy (Philip Tegeler, 2007)
By Philip Tegeler a chapter in The Erosion of Rights: Declining Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Bush Administration (A Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights Report, 2007). Synopsis: All government housing programs operate in the context of housing markets that tend to sort people by race and class, a tendency that is further distorted by government interventions like … [Read more...] about New Directions for U.S. Housing Policy (Philip Tegeler, 2007)
Are States Using the Low Income Tax Credit to Enable Families with Children to Live in Low Poverty and Racially Integrated Neighborhoods? (PRRAC & National Fair Housing Alliance Report, July 2006)
A PRRAC and National Fair Housing Alliance Report (July 2006). By Jill Khadduri, Larry Buron, and Carissa Climaco. Excerpt: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) produced nearly 1.3 million units of rental housing between the start of the program, in 1987, and 2003, surpassing the size of the public housing program. In recent years, some 100,000 units per year have been … [Read more...] about Are States Using the Low Income Tax Credit to Enable Families with Children to Live in Low Poverty and Racially Integrated Neighborhoods? (PRRAC & National Fair Housing Alliance Report, July 2006)
A Right to Housing: Foundation for a New Social Agenda (Edited by Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, & Chester Hartman, February 2006)
Temple University Press (February 2006). Edited by Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, & Chester Hartman. Excerpt: "In the 1949 Housing Act, Congress declared "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family" our national housing goal. Today, little more than half a century later, upwards of 100 million people in the United States live in housing that … [Read more...] about A Right to Housing: Foundation for a New Social Agenda (Edited by Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, & Chester Hartman, February 2006)
