Register now for the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference! Wednesday, September 20 in Washington, DC. Hosted this year by PRRAC, Mobility Works, CLPHA and NAHRO. In the tradition of these excellent conferences, we are looking forward to an inspiring day of panels and discussion highlighting the latest research, policy advances, and program innovations. Register on our … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 15, 2023): Registration now open for housing mobility conference; + new RAD resource
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (June 2, 2023): New HUD and ED support for housing mobility and school integration
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 (June 2, 2023): New HUD and ED support for housing mobility and school integration
PRRAC Update (May 11, 2023): School integration funding opportunity; NYC youth performance
School integration funding opportunity: The Department of Education has released a $10 million funding notice for a new competitive grants program, “Fostering Diverse Schools,” for selected local school districts to plan for increased school diversity. This was the final outcome of a two year campaign, led by the National Coalition on School Diversity and its members, to fund … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 11, 2023): School integration funding opportunity; NYC youth performance
PRRAC Update (April 27, 2023): Weighing in on AFFH; new EJ EO
AFFH moves forward: PRRAC joined other civil rights and housing organizations this week with formal comments on HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, a new and streamlined version of the 2015 rule suspended by the Trump Administration. Our comments focused on the potential of the new rule for influencing policies at public housing authorities and state … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 27, 2023): Weighing in on AFFH; new EJ EO
PRRAC Update (April 13, 2023): Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing
In the new issue of Poverty & Race: “Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing” – a special issue guest edited by Jamila Michener, looks at the challenges of housing commodification through the lens of racial capitalism and through the stories of powerful tenant-led campaigns in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York State and New York City. Articles from Prentiss … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 13, 2023): Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing
