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Other Housing Mobility Resources 2004-2014

Housing Voucher Policy

  • Connecting Families with Opportunity: a series of policy forums (2007).
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition: Final Report of the National Housing Voucher Summit (August 2005).
  • Avanesova v. Housing Authority of Los Angeles et al: First Amended Complaint (Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County) and Ruling on Motion for Summary Judgment.
  • Wallace v. Chicago Housing Authority: settlement materials including the final Settlement Agreement, Notice to Class, and Order.

Research Summaries

  • Annotated Bibliography of Housing Mobility Research, 1997-2004.
  • A Primer on Voucher Portability (from the NLIHC Section 8 Summit, March 2005).
  • Margery Austin Turner and Kale Williams, Housing Mobility: Realizing the Promise (Report of the Second National Conference on Assisted Housing Mobility, December 1997)

Policy Advocacy

  • “Not Worth the Risk: The Legal Consequences of the Refusal to Insure Properties with Section 8 Tenants” by Jean Zachariasiewicz (Banking & Financial Services Policy Report, December 2014)
  • Bruce Katz and Margery Austin Turner: Streamline Administration of the Housing Choice(Brookings, October 2013)
  • Mobility Works (Inclusive Communities Project, April 2013)
  • Expanding Choice in the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (webinar slides, April 2013)
  • Expanding Choice: Practical Strategies for Building a Successful Housing Mobility Program( February 2013)
  • Policy Brief: Potential Sources of Funding for Housing Mobility Counseling Programs (August 2012)
  • “Prescription for a New Neighborhood: Housing mobility can complement community revitalization for children with serious health challenges” (Shelterforce magazine, July 2012)
  • Stefanie DeLuca, Learning from Voucher Families: Close Ups of the Search and Relocation Process in Mobile & Baltimore (Powerpoint presentation at HUD, July 2011)
  • The Impact of Source of Income Laws on Voucher Utilization and Locational Outcomes by Lance Freeman (HUD PD&R, February 2011)
  • “The Prospects for Guiding Housing Choice Voucher Households to High-Opportunity Neighborhoods,” by Kirk McClure, Cityscape, Vol. 12, No. 3 (January 2011)
  • Getting Past “No”: Housing Choice Voucher Holders’ Experiences with Discrimination and Search Costs by Martha Galvez (prepared for PRRAC, May 2010)
  • Connecting Families to Opportunity: a Resource Guide for Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrators (July 2009)
  • Memo on Housing Choice Voucher Portability Procedures and Corrective Actions
  • Portability Rights of Housing Choice Voucher Participants: An Overview (from the National Housing Law Project)
  • A Brief Introduction to Social Network Theory (August 2009)
  • Memphis Murder Mystery? (Responses to the 2008 Atlantic Monthly Article)
  • Keeping the Promise: Preserving and Enhancing Housing Mobility in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (Final Conference Report of the Third National Conference on Housing Mobility) (December 2005).
  • Annotated Bibliography of Housing Mobility Research (2004-2006)
  • Preserving housing mobility in the Transforming Rental Assistance bill (June 2010)
  • A National Opportunity Voucher Program (July 2009)
  • Fair Housing Justice Center Letter on Source of Income Discrimination (July 13, 2009)
  • Civil rights letter to House Committee on SEVRA (June 3, 2009)
  • Letter to Congress on the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (June 2009)
  • “The Section 8 program and access to opportunity: An agenda for policy reform” (Testimony to Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee, March 2006)
  • Comments on portability restrictions in Baltimore MTW plan (September 30, 2005)
  • Sample advocacy letter on voucher portability (June 27, 2005)
  • PRRAC Testimony on the “State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005,” H.R. 1999, before the House Financial Services Committee, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee (May 17, 2005)
  • Letter to House Financial Services Committee from Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, PRRAC, National Fair Housing Alliance and National Housing Law Project (May 10, 2005)
  • Civil Rights Implications of the 2005 Flexible Voucher Bill (April 2005). See full text.
  • Protecting Housing Mobility in the Section 8 Program (February 2005)
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  • Letter to HUD re: Guidance to Public Housing Agencies on Portability (August 2004). See full text.
    • HUD’s Response (September 2004)  See full text.

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January 4, 2021

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December 22, 2020

Massachusetts’ Public Schools are Highly Segregated. It’s Time We Treated That Like the Crisis It Is (Boston Globe)

December 11, 2020

Opinion: A Truly Life-Changing Voucher Program is Within Reach for Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (Cleveland.com)

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