PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
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By Lauren Lindstrom, The Charlotte Observer
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Fifteen states and nearly 100 cities and counties have source of income discrimination laws, according to the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, which tracks such legislation.
“With the housing affordability crisis and the difficulty that families have breaking into the housing market, many cities are concluding this is a crucial protection,” said Philip Tegeler, the organization’s executive director.
The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote research-based advocacy strategies to address structural inequality and disrupt the systems that disadvantage low-income people of color. PRRAC was founded in 1989, through an initiative of major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups seeking to connect advocates with social scientists working at the intersection of race and poverty…Read More
