The Housing Mobility Services NOFO is out: HUD has released a $25M notice of funding to support 5-year regional housing mobility programs at approximately 11 PHAs. The funding notice, pursuant to Congress’s direction in the 2022 Appropriations Act, prioritizes assistance to families with children, PHAs with high concentrations of families with vouchers in high poverty … [Read more...] about PRRAC update: New HUD and ED support for housing mobility and school integration (June 2, 2023)
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PRRAC comments on adverse tenant screening practices affecting families with vouchers (May 2023)
May 30, 2023 Federal Trade Commission Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Non-Rulemaking Docket Via regulations.gov RE: Tenant Screening Request for Information (Docket ID: FTC-2023-0024) Dear colleagues, We are writing to express concerns regarding tenant screening practices within the housing sector, particularly as they relate to participants of the Housing … [Read more...] about PRRAC comments on adverse tenant screening practices affecting families with vouchers (May 2023)
Feds launch $10 million school desegregation program after stops and starts
By Kalyn Belsha for Chalkbeat In a surprising move, federal education officials announced last week that they had created a new $10 million grant program to fund school integration efforts. The funding is a small fraction of the $100 million that President Biden has tried to get Congress to put toward this program since he was elected. But it represents a noteworthy, if … [Read more...] about Feds launch $10 million school desegregation program after stops and starts
SEMAP and SAFMR letter 5-12-23
May 12, 2023 Marcia Fudge, Secretary Adrienne Todman, Deputy Secretary Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20410 Dear Secretary Fudge and Deputy Secretary Todman, As national civil rights and housing advocacy organizations deeply committed to fair housing, we are writing today to urge you to follow through on important … [Read more...] about SEMAP and SAFMR letter 5-12-23
Black families to benefit, eventually, from income discrimination ban in Illinois
News and Tribune, Carson Gerber CNHI State Reporter May 11, 2023 Sharon Norwood received a federal voucher to help pay for rent after she was evicted in 2020 from her home of 11 years. She wanted to use the financial assistance to live in Evergreen Park, a Chicago suburb with good schools and safe streets for the six children she was raising. Sharon Norwood … [Read more...] about Black families to benefit, eventually, from income discrimination ban in Illinois
