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
Milwaukee
Is the HOME Program Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing? (Ebony Gayles & Silva Mathema, September 2014)
A PRRAC Report (September 2014). By Ebony Gayles & Silva Mathema. Excerpt: "Housing segregation is driven by a complex mix of public and private policies and actions. As PRRAC’s work has shown, government administration of assisted housing programs is just one of the factors that contribute to metropolitan segregation. The federal HOME program is a relatively small … [Read more...] about Is the HOME Program Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing? (Ebony Gayles & Silva Mathema, September 2014)
