Encouraging new housing choices: A new PRRAC research report, by Peter Rosenblatt and Jennifer Cossyleon at Loyola University-Chicago looks at the impacts of an innovative security deposit incentive program in Milwaukee County - "Take a Chance on Me": A Review of the Milwaukee County Security Deposit Assistance Program. With assistance from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 22, 2015): Security deposit incentives; LIHTC data release; yesterday’s S.Ct. argument
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PRRAC Update (January 8, 2015): Historic choices at the Supreme Court; good news from NY State
Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs: The briefs have been filed in this pivotal Supreme Court case challenging the long-established "disparate impact" liability standard under the Fair Housing Act. PRRAC helped to draft a coalition amicus brief focusing on the harms of segregation, the central importance of segregation in the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 8, 2015): Historic choices at the Supreme Court; good news from NY State
PRRAC Update (December 18, 2014): Public housing demolition, NYC schools
New rules on public housing demolition: HUD has issued a proposed rule tightening up the standards for public housing agencies that seek to demolish, sell, or change the use of public housing. We were pleased with the rule's strong emphasis on civil rights review of any proposals, and requirements for housing mobility counseling in agency relocation plans. But we also … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 18, 2014): Public housing demolition, NYC schools
PRRAC Update (December 4, 2014): Moving the needle; implicit bias in the classroom
Moving the needle: The Department of Education continues to take small but important steps toward embracing school diversity as a department-wide priority - most recently in its proposed priorities for charter school funding programs, which will add a school diversity priority to some of its future charter funding rounds, and which notes that "a critical component of serving … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 4, 2014): Moving the needle; implicit bias in the classroom
PRRAC Update (November 13, 2014): ICP v Texas
A dangerous appeal: The Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas has the potential to undo 40 years of settled precedent under the Fair Housing Act. The underlying case involves ICP's successful challenge to racially segregated siting of Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments in the Dallas area. The issue the court has taken on … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 13, 2014): ICP v Texas
