PRRAC Update

Former HUD Secretaries Julian Castro and Shaun Donovan to Keynote the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC and our partners at Mobility Works are pleased to announce that former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretaries Julian Castro and Shaun Donovan will take part in a keynote conversation, facilitated by NAACP Legal Defense and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 25, 2025): Former HUD Secretaries Castro & Donovan to keynote Housing Mobility Conference

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Takings Clause Challenge to COVID Eviction Moratorium: On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in GHP Management Corp. v. City of Los Angeles over a dissent authored by Justice Thomas and joined by Justice Gorsuch. In this case, landlords challenged an eviction moratorium that the City of Los Angeles had … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 10, 2025): Housing justice victories + join us at the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility!

New Lawsuit Filed Challenging HUD’s Maladministration of Fair Housing Grants: On June 24, 2025, the National Fair Housing Alliance and the Tennessee Fair Housing Council, represented by counsel from Relman & Colfax, filed a putative class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the U.S. District Court for the District of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 26, 2025): Legal action against HUD & addressing affordable housing costs

The proposed rule to rescind HUD’s affirmative marketing regulations is here, and it is as bad as we feared: As previewed here and here, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed ruleentitled “Rescission of Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations” on June 3, 2025. The public comment period for the proposed rule is scheduled to end on … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 12, 2025): Understanding the latest threats to housing access

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate is now considering the legislation. Overall, H.R.1 is a vehicle for tax cuts that will primarily benefit the wealthy and spending cuts that will disproportionately harm poor and working-class … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 29, 2025): LIHTC in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”