HUD's HOME program and fair housing: PRRAC's latest report reviews national data and case studies in three metro areas to explore the question, "Is the HOME program affirmatively furthering fair housing?" Social impact investing and housing mobility? PRRAC Executive Director Phil Tegeler joined Dan Rinzler of the Nonprofit Finance Fund and Mary Cunningham of the Urban … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 31, 2014): HUD’s HOME program; pay-for-success
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PRRAC Update (October 16, 2014): Housing vouchers and children; plus another 50th Anniversary
Housing vouchers and children: Barbara Sard and Phil Tegeler's essay on the potential of Housing Choice Vouchers for families with children introduces an important new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Creating Opportunity for Children: How Housing Location Can Make a Difference". Our commentary was posted in this week's "Dream Revisited" series … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 16, 2014): Housing vouchers and children; plus another 50th Anniversary
PRRAC Update (October 2, 2014): Civil rights progress at HUD and the Dept of Education
Progress on fair housing planning: HUD took another step forward in the planned release of a new rule clarifying the Fair Housing Act's "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" obligation for state and local government recipients of HUD funding. This latest step is a draft assessment form for jurisdictions to use to analyze local patterns of segregation in HUD programs and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 2, 2014): Civil rights progress at HUD and the Dept of Education
PRRAC Update (September 18, 2014): An urgent call for safer housing options
"Moving to Peace and Safety": A must-read article in NHI's Rooflines from our colleague Barbara Samuels - recounting feedback from clients and applicants for the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program who are seeking safer housing opportunities for their children. (Some of the themes in Barbara's essay were also echoed in an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times.) In the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 18, 2014): An urgent call for safer housing options
PRRAC Update (August 29, 2014): CERD Report issued!
CERD report issued: The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued its Concluding Observations on U.S. compliance with the CERD treaty, reflecting many of the concerns raised by the delegation of U.S. civil and human rights groups that came to Geneva to testify. We were especially pleased to see the strong recommendations (pp. 6-7) on U.S. housing … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 29, 2014): CERD Report issued!
