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Selected Comments in Response to HUD’s 30-Day Notice on the SAFMR Suspension

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In response to the OCA v Carson lawsuit, HUD issued a call for comments on the 2-year suspension shortly before the preliminary injunction hearing. Although the court rejected this post-hoc effort, the rule received a strong outpouring of support from advocates for low income families across the country, as well as scattered complaints from PHAs and their trade associations. … [Read more...] about Selected Comments in Response to HUD’s 30-Day Notice on the SAFMR Suspension

RE: Comments on Drafting a New Federal Strategy to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Impacts: Request for Information

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We respectfully submit comments in response to the request for information, “Drafting a New Federal Strategy to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Impacts.” We commend the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force) for its commitment to developing strategies to protect children from environmental health risks and appreciate … [Read more...] about RE: Comments on Drafting a New Federal Strategy to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Impacts: Request for Information

Equity Considerations in Climate Adaptation Plans: A Call for Advocacy (Peter Kye, October 2017)

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A PRRAC Policy Brief (October 2017). By Peter Kye with thanks to Carrie Zaremba, PRRAC summer research assistant, for her excellent survey of state and local climate adaptation plan language and Megan Haberle, PRRAC Director of Housing Policy, for her guidance. Excerpt: "Proactive planning is essential in order to effectively respond to climate threats. Actors at every level … [Read more...] about Equity Considerations in Climate Adaptation Plans: A Call for Advocacy (Peter Kye, October 2017)

OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents Materials (2017-2018)

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In fall 2017, PRRAC joined other civil rights organizations (NAACP LDF, Relman Dane and Colfax, Lawyers' Committee, and Public Citizen) in filing an Administrative Procedure Act suit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its decision to suspend a 2016 rule change that would have helped low-income families with Housing Choice Vouchers move to … [Read more...] about OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents Materials (2017-2018)