EPA and AFFH: In comments on EPA’s Environmental Justice 2020 Action Agenda, we urged the EPA to include the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing provision of the Fair Housing Act as a cross-cutting legal obligation and incorporate strategies for alignment with HUD’s AFFH planning process. We were joined by the National Housing Law Project, Grounded Solutions, NFHA, and other civil rights and environmental justice organizations.
ESSA and Integration: We submitted comments for the National Coalition on School Diversity on the Department of Education’s proposed regulations implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Testimony to the House Education Committee on school integration goals:
PRRAC Executive Director Phil Tegeler testified at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, on “Steps Congress must take to address segregation and improve equity of opportunity in K-12 public schools” and in support of the “Stronger Together School Diversity Act of 2016,” introduced last month by Senator Chris Murphy (CT) and Representative Marcia Fudge (OH).
Webinar on SAFMR: If you missed the recent webinar explaining HUD’s Small Area Fair Market Rent proposal, the webinar is archived here. Cosponsored by PRRAC, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
