Our first issue of Poverty & Race in the Trump presidency : Including a debate on the displacement impacts of NYC "upzoning"...a review of the movie "Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi"...a new program placing law students at a health clinic in Hartford...and HUD's Bryan Greene looks back on his remarkable childhood neighborhood in Queens. Read the Jan-March issue … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 3, 2017): Our first issue of Poverty & Race in the Trump presidency
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (March 16, 2017): Huge cuts at HUD, new LIHTC bill, School Diversity grants
Draconian cuts at HUD : The President's proposed 2018 budget includes unprecedented cuts at HUD - including total elimination of the CDBG, HOME, and Choice Neighborhoods programs - and severe cuts to our national community development infrastructure, including proposed elimination of funding for the Neighborworks technical assistance program, Section 4 capacity building … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 16, 2017): Huge cuts at HUD, new LIHTC bill, School Diversity grants
CarsonWatch Announcement March 13, 2017
PRRAC is proud to join with our partners Public Advocates, as well as the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and PolicyLink, in announcing the launch of CarsonWatch. CarsonWatch will serve as a watchdog over President Trump, Secretary Carson and their congressional allies, to protect millions of Americans who rely on HUD programs for basic housing security, and … [Read more...] about CarsonWatch Announcement March 13, 2017
PRRAC Update (March 2, 2017): CRDC and the Administrative State, AFFH bill in CT
Deconstruction of the Administrative State? PRRAC responds: "How Attacks on the Administrative State Can Be Attacks on the Most Vulnerable" by Megan Haberle, in Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. Preserving the CRDC: We submitted comments from a group of education scholars and advocacy organizations on the importance of preserving and continuing the Department of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 2, 2017): CRDC and the Administrative State, AFFH bill in CT
PRRAC Update (February 16, 2017): LIHTC reform; threats to civil rights research; sanctuary PHAs; Executive Branch unbound
Continuing work on LIHTC reform: While Congress is considering larger changes to the corporate tax rate (that may affect the value of LIHTC subsidies), reform efforts are continuing, both in the Treasury Department and in the Senate Finance Committee. Last week we submitted input on both of these fronts, including coalition comments recommending content for the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 16, 2017): LIHTC reform; threats to civil rights research; sanctuary PHAs; Executive Branch unbound
