Washington, D.C. — Today, leading civil rights groups commended President Joe Biden for taking action to advance racial equity for Americans in the first days of his term. The civil rights community asked the Biden-Harris Administration to take this critical step — to name racial justice as a key pillar of a comprehensive strategy to advance equality in the U.S. and help undo … [Read more...] about NFHA: Leading Civil Rights Groups Commend President Joe Biden’s Executive Action to Advance Fair Housing and Racial Equity
Press Releases
NFHA: Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain
Fair housing advocates denounce Trump’s newest effort to eliminate a critical tool to desegregate communities and call on the president to instead concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a pandemic. Washington, D.C.- Today, a coalition of civil rights, affordable housing and consumer advocacy organizations condemned the move by the Trump administration to eliminate a … [Read more...] about NFHA: Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain
Mobility Works: HUD Makes Housing Mobility Demonstration Funds Available
On July 15, 2020, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the availability of $50 million for public housing agencies (PHAs) to develop programs to help low-income families with housing vouchers access low-poverty, high-opportunity areas. Participating PHAs can now apply for funding (through October 13, 2020) to provide individualized housing mobility … [Read more...] about Mobility Works: HUD Makes Housing Mobility Demonstration Funds Available
Statement of Professor Olatunde Johnson, Board Chair of PRRAC, on Structural Racism and Police Violence
Click here for the PDF. Our Collective Responsibility “Like many of you, I am reeling from the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota by a police officer who drove a knee into Mr. Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes until he stopped breathing. The killing has ignited demonstrations throughout the country. And Mr. Floyd’s is just the latest killing. We are … [Read more...] about Statement of Professor Olatunde Johnson, Board Chair of PRRAC, on Structural Racism and Police Violence
PRESS RELEASE: PRRAC Denounces HUD’s Effort to Ignore Its Civil Rights Obligation Under the Law
HUD Announces Rule Seeking to Rollback 2015 AFFH Rule and Radically Change the Definition of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. WASHINGTON, DC - On January 7, 2020, PRRAC released the following statement: “Today HUD announced a major step in its ongoing rollback of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule, a key civil rights regulation implementing … [Read more...] about PRESS RELEASE: PRRAC Denounces HUD’s Effort to Ignore Its Civil Rights Obligation Under the Law
