Suspension of civil rights? Secretary Carson recently attempted to "suspend" an important fair housing advance in the Housing Choice Voucher program that would have raised voucher rents in low poverty neighborhoods in 23 metro areas. We consider this to be not just an affront to the fair housing rights of thousands of low income families but also an abuse of federal … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 24, 2017): Suspending civil rights; dangers of the Regulatory Review Act
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PRRAC Update (April 3, 2017): Our first issue of Poverty & Race in the Trump presidency
Our first issue of Poverty & Race in the Trump presidency : Including a debate on the displacement impacts of NYC "upzoning"...a review of the movie "Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi"...a new program placing law students at a health clinic in Hartford...and HUD's Bryan Greene looks back on his remarkable childhood neighborhood in Queens. Read the Jan-March issue … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 3, 2017): Our first issue of Poverty & Race in the Trump presidency
PRRAC Update (August 2, 2013): Economic Mobility/Housing Mobility
Economic mobility and segregation: The extraordinary Harvard/Berkeley nationwide study of upward mobility rates among poor children once again highlights the powerful impact of residential segregation on children's life chances. Using millions of anonymous tax records to compare earnings of parents and children over time, the study found starkly lower inter-generational … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 2, 2013): Economic Mobility/Housing Mobility
“Needed Element: Laws Prohibiting Source of Income Discrimination” by Libby Perl (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
By Libby Perl (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I agree with the premise of Alexander Polikoff’s proposal that housing vouchers are the best way to attack concentrations of poverty and segregation in urban communities. Yet Polikoff’s worthy program is likely to fail unless the law governing housing vouchers is changed. As voucher law exists in most communities, … [Read more...] about “Needed Element: Laws Prohibiting Source of Income Discrimination” by Libby Perl (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
