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Expanded protections for families with Housing Choice Vouchers (September 2022)

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Expanded protections for families with Housing Choice Vouchers By Brian Knudsen Read the full brief here With the rapid expansion of source of income discrimination laws across the U.S., PRRAC now estimates that over 57 percent of households using Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) live in states, counties, or local jurisdictions with Source of Income (SOI) … [Read more...] about Expanded protections for families with Housing Choice Vouchers (September 2022)

“Colonized Time, Racial Time, and the Legal Time of Progress” by Rasheedah Phillips (Jan-Sept 2022 P&R Issue)

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By Rasheedah Phillips (click here for the PDF) The relationship between Black people, clock time, and its embodiment of Western linear time has always been contentious. Linear time, as Carol Greenhouse notes, “provides a reservoir of symbols with which the legitimacy of hierarchies can be defended and reproduced.” The entanglement of clock time and labor is pronounced in the … [Read more...] about “Colonized Time, Racial Time, and the Legal Time of Progress” by Rasheedah Phillips (Jan-Sept 2022 P&R Issue)

Some Georgians with housing vouchers say landlords won’t rent to them (Atlanta Journal)

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By Katherine Landergan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Aug 22, 2022 More than 1,000 Georgians have received housing vouchers, but can’t find a landlord who will accept their application In the past year, Alviniece Elder has applied to more than 10 apartments in Atlanta. She has enough money to cover rent at a good, stable apartment for herself and her two … [Read more...] about Some Georgians with housing vouchers say landlords won’t rent to them (Atlanta Journal)

PRRAC Update (July 28, 2022): Raising Voucher Rents; Upcoming CERD Review

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Raising voucher rent caps: HUD has been signaling increased flexibility on Housing Choice Voucher “payment standards” to deal with an increasingly tight rental market. PRRAC and the National Housing Law Project have put together a short overview of the new options that public housing authorities can use to increase payment standards – particularly in higher cost … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 28, 2022): Raising Voucher Rents; Upcoming CERD Review