PRRAC Update

Next steps on housing mobility: Earlier this week, HUD announcedthat seven public housing agencies have been awarded funding for housing mobility services in a highly competitive funding round, based on a $25 million allocation in the 2022 Appropriations Act. The winning PHAs, selected from 46 applicants, included the Housing Authorities of Dallas, Boston, Houston, Birmingham, … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 30, 2023): HUD housing mobility funding; new Civil Rights Project series; & giving Thursday

In the new Poverty & Race: “The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility,” by Raj Chetty, looks at the recent evolution of research and research methods to understand the impact of place on opportunity; “The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration,” by Elizabeth DeBray, Philip Tegeler, … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 9, 2023): Latest issue of Poverty & Race; NCSD in Charlotte

Small Area Fair Market Rents expanded! HUD’s 2016 Small Area Fair Market Rent rule was one of the most important fair housing reforms during the Obama Administration, and HUD has just dramatically expanded the program from 24 to 65 metro areas, potentially reaching over 800,000 families with vouchers. Small Area FMRs set Housing Choice Voucher rent caps by zip code, instead of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 26, 2023): Progress on housing choice at HUD; Fostering Diverse Schools grants at ED

AFFH in LIHTC: Our latest review of fair housing related provisions in state Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plans shows significant improvement in many state plans since our last review in 2015, with dramatically reduced deference to local opposition to LIHTC projects, increased use of opportunity indices to promote development in lower poverty areas, … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 12, 2023) AFFH in LIHTC?

“Integration and Equity 2.0”: We were excited to be included in this collection of essays commissioned by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) on contemporary school integration challenges and opportunities, along with many members of the National Coalition on School Diversity (and members of NCSD’s Research Advisory Panel). PRRAC’s contributions included chapters on … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 28, 2023) new AIR essays on school integration & last chance to register for today’s webinar!