This latest overview of housing mobility programs in the U.S. is released amidst the biggest increase in support for housing mobility since the 1990s. The report also comes at a time when HUD is recommitting to the principle of “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” which means, in the Housing Choice Voucher program, giving families a meaningful choice to live in lower … [Read more...] about Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)
Publications
A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot (Enterprise NY, PRRAC, Mobility Works, October 2022)
A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot: Lessons from Buffalo, Long Island, and New York City October 2022 Our new report produced with Enterprise NYC & Mobility Works finds that families participating in the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot program saw improvements in health, educational outcomes & more. Read the report here. … [Read more...] about A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot (Enterprise NY, PRRAC, Mobility Works, October 2022)
The Persistence of School Segregation in the United States, its Effects on Racial Disparities in School Funding, Achievement, and Discipline, and the Failure of the U.S. Government to Sufficiently Address the Problem (July, 2022)
Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination July 14, 2022 Submitted in Response to the 2021 Periodic Report of the United States of America Submission prepared by: Janelle Taylor, Robert Lindsay, Maryam Ibrahim, Peter Kye, and Philip Tegeler of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report outlines … [Read more...] about The Persistence of School Segregation in the United States, its Effects on Racial Disparities in School Funding, Achievement, and Discipline, and the Failure of the U.S. Government to Sufficiently Address the Problem (July, 2022)
Residential Segregation and Racial Discrimination in Housing: Continuing Harms for Communities of Color in the United States (with the National Housing Law Project and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights) (July 2022)
Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination July 14, 2022 Submitted in Response to the 2021 Periodic Report of the United States of America Submission prepared by: Robert Lindsay, Janelle Taylor, Maryam Ibrahim, Peter Kye, and Philip Tegeler of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council Natalie Maxwell of the National Housing Law … [Read more...] about Residential Segregation and Racial Discrimination in Housing: Continuing Harms for Communities of Color in the United States (with the National Housing Law Project and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights) (July 2022)
Expanding Federal Support for Tenant Organizing in Federally Assisted Housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (February 2022)
A PRRAC Policy Report. Excerpt: "Voucher participants should have a right to organize, just as HUD has provided in the public housing and project-based rental assistance housing programs. HUD should promulgate tenant organizing regulations for the HCV program that allow for the greatest flexibility and have the lowest barriers to organizing. Additionally, HUD should fund … [Read more...] about Expanding Federal Support for Tenant Organizing in Federally Assisted Housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (February 2022)