PRRAC Update

Race, Poverty, and the Secondary Mortgage Market The Obama Administration's recent Report to Congress on "Reforming America's Housing Finance Market" has generated criticism in the civil rights community for floating several options that could withdraw the federal government from much of the secondary mortgage market for most home mortgages and suggesting increases in … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 17, 2011): Race, poverty, and the secondary mortgage market; Linking housing and school integration

Inclusive Gentrification? The influx of higher income newcomers into a low income community often leads to displacement of existing residents, with potential negative consequences for residents' health, children's education, and community social and cultural networks. But there are also potential benefits to existing residents in the early stages of gentrification, in terms of … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 3, 2011): Inclusive gentrification? EPA school siting guidelines; Interdistrict transfers; “Parents Involved” decision

Balancing the "right to return" and the right to desegregated housing opportunities in HUD's new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Building on our past work with the "HOPE VI" program, PRRAC has continued to advocate for a more balanced federal public housing redevelopment policy that protects families by requiring one-for-one replacement of demolished housing units, a right to … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 20, 2011): Balancing the “right to return” and the right to desegregated housing opportunities in Choice Neighborhoods; Wake County’s return to segregated neighborhood schools; Compiling better data on charter schools