In the new Poverty & Race: We’re a little behind in our publication schedule this year, but our first issue of 2022 has some terrific content, including a fascinating piece from Rasheedah Phillips on law & time; Nick Kelly and Ingrid Ellen on a new technique for measuring neighborhood opportunity; Chris Bonastia on NYC desegregation history; and Valerie Sterne and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 15, 2022): time and law, opportunity bargains, NYC civil rights history, school enrollment and property
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (September 1, 2022): Powerful report from UN Committee; housing mobility training institute in October
CERD Committee report: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has completed its first review since 2014 of the United States’ compliance with the CERD treaty, and its Concluding Observations report offers an overview of US progress – and lack of progress – on a wide range of racial justice issues. The CERD hearings this year were notable for the strong … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 1, 2022): Powerful report from UN Committee; housing mobility training institute in October
PRRAC Update (August 4, 2022)
Another landmark study from Raj Chetty and colleagues: We are indebted to Professor Chetty and his co-authors not only for their dramatic 2016 finding that children who move from high poverty to low poverty neighborhoods when they are young have dramatically improved outcomes as adults, but also this week: in another big data review of “social capital,” Chetty and his team have … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 4, 2022)
PRRAC Update (July 28, 2022): Raising Voucher Rents; Upcoming CERD Review
Raising voucher rent caps: HUD has been signaling increased flexibility on Housing Choice Voucher “payment standards” to deal with an increasingly tight rental market. PRRAC and the National Housing Law Project have put together a short overview of the new options that public housing authorities can use to increase payment standards – particularly in higher cost … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 28, 2022): Raising Voucher Rents; Upcoming CERD Review
PRRAC Update (June 17, 2022): mobility funding campaign – and AFFH goes to OMB!
Housing mobility: The campaign for expanded Housing Choice Voucher funding and housing mobility services in the 2023 budget continues with a great letter to House and Senate appropriators – signed by a wide ranging group of national organizations. We are also seeking increased flexibility in the use of voucher funds to support security deposits and apartment holding fees – to … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 17, 2022): mobility funding campaign – and AFFH goes to OMB!
