PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
by
Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The average Housing Choice Voucher (formerly known as Section 8) will increase next month, following the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s attempt to address the impacts of inflation on rents.
Nationally, vouchers are expected to increase an average of 10%, a significant jump from the typical average of 4%. In Wisconsin, the average increase is expected to range from 8.9% to 19.9%.
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
