HUD-ED-DOT cooperation on housing and school integration: We were proud to be part of a "listening session" at the Department of Education this week highlighting school and housing integration efforts from around the U.S. (including representatives from Baltimore, New York City, Hartford, and St Louis). The convening also highlighted a new letter co-signed by the Secretaries … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 10, 2016): HUD, DOT, and Dept of Ed come together on school and neighborhood diversity
Low Income Housing Tax Credit
PRRAC Update (July 30, 2015): Social impact investment and housing mobility; 50 state survey of state LIHTC plans
Can housing mobility pay for itself? We explored this question in a new report published by the San Francisco Federal Reserve, Leveraging the Power of Place: Using Pay for Success to Support Housing Mobility, written by Dan Rinzler (Low Income Investment Fund), Phil Tegeler (PRRAC), Mary Cunningham (Urban Institute), and Craig Pollack (Johns Hopkins). Best practices in … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 30, 2015): Social impact investment and housing mobility; 50 state survey of state LIHTC plans
Building Opportunity II: Civil Rights Best Practices in the LIHTC Program (PRRAC & Sarah Oppenheimer, July 2015)
A PRRAC Report. By Sarah Oppenheimer, (MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, and Ph.D candidate, University of Washington), with Megan Haberle, Etienne Toussaint, and Philip Tegeler. Synopsis: This summary report is an update to our 2008 report, Building Opportunity: Civil Rights Best Practices in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (PRRAC and the Lawyers’ … [Read more...] about Building Opportunity II: Civil Rights Best Practices in the LIHTC Program (PRRAC & Sarah Oppenheimer, July 2015)
PRRAC Update (August 22, 2013): “Healing America For Our Children,” More evidence on LIHTC, PLACE MATTERS conference
PRRAC participating in March commemoration event next week: PRRAC Executive Director Phil Tegeler will join other national civil rights activists in a roundtable Monday morning at the Newseum in Washington, DC. "Healing America For Our Children," Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 at 10:00, with Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP, Jacqueline Pata, executive director of the National … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 22, 2013): “Healing America For Our Children,” More evidence on LIHTC, PLACE MATTERS conference
PRRAC Update (May 16, 2013): “Critically Engaged Teaching and Race”
From the new Poverty & Race: In our new issue, we present a fascinating trio of articles on "Critically Engaged Teaching and Race" - including a précis of Meira Levinson's new book, "No Citizen Left Behind," and contributions from Lawrence Blum on teaching about race in high school, and from Leigh Patel (and colleagues) on effective uses of mindfulness in education. Plus … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 16, 2013): “Critically Engaged Teaching and Race”
