The federal charter school program: The Biden Administration took a major step forward in March in proposing a new set of priorities and requirements for applicants for federal charter school grants. In addition to eliminating for-profit providers from eligibility, the new priorities encourage collaboration with local public school districts, encourage school diversity where … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 21, 2022): Proposed Charter School Priorities; HUD’s Racial Equity Plan
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (April 7, 2022): Proposed HUD budget; Progress on Voucher Discrimination
More housing progress in the President’s budget: We were pleased to see that the HUD budget for 2023 again includes a significant proposed expansion of the Housing Choice Voucher program – by 200,000 additional vouchers, at a proposed cost of $1.5 billion, along with $445 million for mobility-related services to help families with vouchers make successful moves to low-poverty … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 7, 2022): Proposed HUD budget; Progress on Voucher Discrimination
PRRAC Update (March 24, 2022): Housing Mobility Funding; New PRRAC Staff; AFFH and FHFA
Housing mobility funding in the 2022 budget! In addition to across-the-board spending increases on low-income housing programs, the final 2022 appropriations act provides $200 million to expand Housing Choice Vouchers to an additional 25,000 families, and an allocation of $25 million for a competitive grants program to support additional housing mobility programs – one of our … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 24, 2022): Housing Mobility Funding; New PRRAC Staff; AFFH and FHFA
PRRAC Update (March 3, 2022): Mobility Works News; Magnet Schools & Public Housing
New Mobility Works executive director: Welcome to Valerie Rosenberg, who will be leading the next phase of the Mobility Works technical assistance collaborative. Mobility Works will continue to offer training, coaching, program development, grant-writing, opportunity mapping, program evaluation and other technical assistance for public housing agencies and non-profits seeking … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 3, 2022): Mobility Works News; Magnet Schools & Public Housing
PRRAC Update (February 17, 2022): HUD Support for Tenant Organizing; Civil Rights Data Collection
Federal support for tenant organizing: PRRAC and the National Housing Law Project have advocated for increased support for tenant organizing in HUD-subsidized developments, and our latest policy brief urges HUD to expand this support to families participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, our largest low-income housing program. CRDC comments: We assisted the National … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 17, 2022): HUD Support for Tenant Organizing; Civil Rights Data Collection
