HUD announces Small Area FMR proposal for highly concentrated metro areas: In another important fair housing move by Secretary Castro, this proposed HUD rule is intended to expand housing opportunities in metropolitan areas with high concentrations of vouchers in poor neighborhoods, by calculating maximum voucher rents based not on a region wide percentile, but rather on rent … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 24, 2016): Small Area FMRs! Fisher and K-12 education; the new P&R
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PRRAC Update (March 18, 2016): 21st century segregation; HUD & EPA; FHFA duty to serve
Reflections on 21st Century segregation in the new Poverty & Race: articles by Gary Cunningham, John Powell, Sherilynn Ifill, and Gail Christopher. Coming to your actual mailboxes next week, but available online here. EPA and HUD coordination? We submitted comments to EPA regarding its proposed amendments to the EPA Title VI regulations. Our letter, co-signed by … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 18, 2016): 21st century segregation; HUD & EPA; FHFA duty to serve
PRRAC Update (December 4, 2015): School diversity; small area DDAs; AFFH alert; HUD history
School diversity in the new Poverty & Race: A collection of articles drawn from the recent conference, "21st Century School Integration: Building the Movement for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," sponsored by the National Coalition on School Diversity. Lead article by John Diamond and Amanda Lewis; with additional contributions by Andrew … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 4, 2015): School diversity; small area DDAs; AFFH alert; HUD history
PRRAC Update (October 1, 2015): Fair housing reflections in the new P&R
Fair housing reflections in the new Poverty & Race: > "Inclusive Communities Financial Institutions," the second of two articles from Betsy Julian seeking to reimagine future federal housing policy. > "False Choices in Fair Housing Policy," by John Henneberger, explores the simplistic "either/or" narrative that has come to dominate media accounts of the new HUD … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 1, 2015): Fair housing reflections in the new P&R
PRRAC Update (January 8, 2015): Historic choices at the Supreme Court; good news from NY State
Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs: The briefs have been filed in this pivotal Supreme Court case challenging the long-established "disparate impact" liability standard under the Fair Housing Act. PRRAC helped to draft a coalition amicus brief focusing on the harms of segregation, the central importance of segregation in the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 8, 2015): Historic choices at the Supreme Court; good news from NY State
