Link to the pdf of this letter. July 3, 2025 Secretary Scott Turner U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20410 RE: [Docket No. FR–6533–P–01] – Rescission of Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations Dear Secretary Turner, The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy … [Read more...] about PRRAC AFHM Comment Letter FINAL (July 3, 2025)
Advocacy Documents
What You Need to Know about the Trump Administration’s Attack on Affirmative Marketing (June 2025)
Link to the pdf of this document. On June 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“proposed rule”) in the Federal Register entitled “Rescission of Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations.” If finalized, the proposed rule would eliminate the longstanding and historically noncontroversial … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know about the Trump Administration’s Attack on Affirmative Marketing (June 2025)
How States’ Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plans Can Help Increase Students’ Access to Integrated, Well-Resourced Schools (October 2024)
Link to the pdf of this brief How States’ Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plans Can Help Increase Students’ Access to Integrated, Well-Resourced Schools A Guide for Education Advocates1 70 years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, American classrooms remain persistently isolated along racial … [Read more...] about How States’ Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plans Can Help Increase Students’ Access to Integrated, Well-Resourced Schools (October 2024)
Comment letter on Choice Neighborhoods Initiative RFI (October 2024)
Link to the pdf of this letter. October 11, 2024 Regulations Division Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 Sent electronically via the Federal Register RE: HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Grant Selection Process and Award Implementation Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Poverty & … [Read more...] about Comment letter on Choice Neighborhoods Initiative RFI (October 2024)
Advocates’ Guide To Mandatory Implementation Of SAFMRS
Link to original document pdf What are Small Area Fair Market Rents? Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) calculation of fair market rents by zip code. Traditionally, HUD set one fair market rent (FMR) for a large geographic region, resulting in a subsidy level that often does not match local rents. HUD's use of … [Read more...] about Advocates’ Guide To Mandatory Implementation Of SAFMRS
