This article by Philip Tegeler and Sam Reece appears in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research Volume 26, Number 2 • 2024 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • Office of Policy Development and Research Abstract From its inception as the Section 8 Existing Housing program, the Housing Choice Voucher program has been informed by civil rights … [Read more...] about Section 8 in the Courts: How Civil Rights Litigation Helped to Shape the Housing Choice Voucher Program (July 2024)
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Social Housing Goals in State Housing Allocation Plans — A 50-State Survey (December 2023)
By Robert Lindsay, Janelle Taylor, and Philip Tegeler Our federal housing policy continues to rely heavily on the private market and the immense capital at its disposal for the production of low income housing. But among government housing officials and across the broad network of non-profit housing professionals in the U.S., the belief in a “right to housing” is strong, … [Read more...] about Social Housing Goals in State Housing Allocation Plans — A 50-State Survey (December 2023)
What can the Treasury Department do to expand public and community ownership of rental housing? (December 2023)
Philip Tegeler and Audrey Lynn Martin1 Introduction The United States is experiencing a housing crisis as Americans face a shortage of affordable housing supply and rapidly increasing housing costs. Far too many individuals and families across the country face housing insecurity, homelessness, and unsustainable rental burdens. In response to these challenges, a national … [Read more...] about What can the Treasury Department do to expand public and community ownership of rental housing? (December 2023)
Building Opportunity III: Affirmatively furthering fair housing in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (October 2023)
October 11, 2023 A PRRAC Report. By Janelle Taylor, (J.D. Georgetown Law School 2023), and a Law & Policy Intern at PRRAC in 2022-2023; Robert Lindsay, (J.D. University of Minnesota Law School 2023), and also a Law & Policy Intern at PRRAC in 2022-2023; and Philip Tegeler (Executive Director of PRRAC). Synopsis: This summary report is an update to our 2015 … [Read more...] about Building Opportunity III: Affirmatively furthering fair housing in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (October 2023)
Supporting School Integration Through the Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program (AIR, September 2023)
Read the full essay Philip Tegeler, Poverty & Race Research Action Council1 Excerpted from the AIR Equity Initiative: Integration and Equity 2.0, New and Reinvigorated Approaches to School Integration – A Collection of Essays Our largest low-income housing program, the Housing Choice Voucher program, was originally conceived as an experiment to give families the … [Read more...] about Supporting School Integration Through the Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program (AIR, September 2023)
