Strong show of support for Small Area Fair Market Rents: Shortly before the December preliminary injunction hearing in Open Communities Alliance v. Carson, HUD issued a notice seeking comments on its August suspension of the SAFMR rule. The notice did not affect the judge's ruling, but it did bring out a strong group of comments from advocates for low income families from … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 18, 2018): Small Area FMR progress; Kerner Commission at 50
kerner commission
PRRAC Update (November 30, 2017): Housing and school integration; anti-busing relic lingers on
Housing and school integration: Executive Director Phil Tegeler and Michael Hilton, our Policy Counsel for education, have collaborated on a chapter on housing and school integration policy, titled "Disrupting the Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing and School Segregation," as part of a forthcoming Joint Center for Housing Studies volume on segregation in the U.S. Our … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 30, 2017): Housing and school integration; anti-busing relic lingers on
“Today’s Integration Challenge” by Angela E. Oh (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By Angela E. Oh (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Americans are confronted with the fact that we are a multi-racial, multi-cultural society that has yet to define a new vision, strategy or language that allows for the kind of transformation that integration once symbolized. A thorough and relevant assessment of our challenges in connection with race relations and … [Read more...] about “Today’s Integration Challenge” by Angela E. Oh (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“Racism Has Its Privileges” by Roger Wilkins (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
By Roger Wilkins (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) ...Affirmative action, as I understand it, was not designed to punish anyone; it was, rather-as a result of a clear-eyed look at how America actually works-an attempt to enlarge opportunity for everybody. As amply documented in the 1968 Kerner Commission report on racial disorders, when left to their own devices, … [Read more...] about “Racism Has Its Privileges” by Roger Wilkins (May-June 1995 P&R Issue)
