A PRRAC Series. Edited by Megan Haberle (former Deputy Director, PRRAC) and Sophia House (Deputy Director for Policy, Housing Solutions Lab, NYU Furman Center). Excerpt: "In many ways, these essays expose the enormity of the project of housing finance reform. Housing finance is underpinned by assessments of risk and value that have not escaped their racist origins, and many … [Read more...] about Racial Justice in Housing Finance: A Series on New Directions (PRRAC, May 2021)
Publications
The National Housing Trust Fund and Fair Housing: A Set of Policy Recommendations (PRRAC, April 2021)
A PRRAC Policy Brief (April 2021). Excerpt: "This policy brief assesses current federal and state guidelines for the Housing Trust Fund in several key areas of fair housing policy, including site selection rules, local approval requirements, affirmative marketing, tenant selection, and data transparency, along with specific policy recommendations in each area." Read the … [Read more...] about The National Housing Trust Fund and Fair Housing: A Set of Policy Recommendations (PRRAC, April 2021)
What Can HUD Do to Expand Public and Community Ownership of Rental Housing? (PRRAC, April 2021)
A PRRAC Policy Brief (April 2021). Excerpt: "The movement to shift more of our housing resources out of the private for-profit market and into the social housing sector has gained momentum in recent years, with growing housing insecurity, unsustainable rent burdens, expanding homelessness, and gentrification pressures in many American cities. The benefits of expanding the … [Read more...] about What Can HUD Do to Expand Public and Community Ownership of Rental Housing? (PRRAC, April 2021)
Mixed Income Neighborhoods and Integrated Schools: Linking HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative with the Department of Education’s Magnet Schools Assistance Program (Philip Tegeler & Laura Gevarter, March 2021)
A PRRAC Policy Brief (February 2021). Excerpt: "The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative is HUD’s signature public housing redevelopment program, designed to respond to critiques of the long-running HOPE VI program by providing one-for-one replacement housing, a guaranteed right to return for residents, and a more holistic focus on the community and schools surrounding the public … [Read more...] about Mixed Income Neighborhoods and Integrated Schools: Linking HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative with the Department of Education’s Magnet Schools Assistance Program (Philip Tegeler & Laura Gevarter, March 2021)
The Legacy of Buffalo’s Landmark Housing Desegregation Case, Comer v. Kemp (Scott W. Gehl, November 2020)
A PRRAC Publication (November 2020). By Scott W. Gehl. Excerpt: "In Buffalo, New York in a 1989 class-action suit, Comer v. Kemp, would eventually change the face of government-assisted housing and patterns of racial segregation which dated back to the first years of the twentieth century." Read the Publication... … [Read more...] about The Legacy of Buffalo’s Landmark Housing Desegregation Case, Comer v. Kemp (Scott W. Gehl, November 2020)
