April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Jamila Michener Racial capitalism. Social housing. These terms are widely used, but thinly understood. They are easily abstracted and readily made fodder for theoretical discussion detached from lived realities. This issue brings … [Read more...] about Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
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State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2023)
Updated March 2023 Set out below is a compilation of state, local, and federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in the housing market based on source of income, along with an annotated bibliography of studies and published articles relating to discrimination against families with federal Housing Choice Vouchers. Read Appendix B here... … [Read more...] about State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2023)
Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)
This latest overview of housing mobility programs in the U.S. is released amidst the biggest increase in support for housing mobility since the 1990s. The report also comes at a time when HUD is recommitting to the principle of “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” which means, in the Housing Choice Voucher program, giving families a meaningful choice to live in lower … [Read more...] about Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)
A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot (Enterprise NYC, PRRAC, Mobility Works, October 2022)
A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot: Lessons from Buffalo, Long Island, and New York City October 2022 Our new report produced with Enterprise NYC & Mobility Works finds that families participating in the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot program saw improvements in health, educational outcomes & more. Read the report here. … [Read more...] about A Review of the New York State Housing Mobility Pilot (Enterprise NYC, PRRAC, Mobility Works, October 2022)
How States Can Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Key Leverage Points and Best Practices (PRRAC, January 2022)
A PRRAC Report: This report was prepared by Mary Anne Sullivan, Derek Centola, and Lara Hakki of Hogan Lovells LLP, along with Peter Kye and Philip Tegeler at PRRAC. We are grateful to Peter Haberlandt, Mike Rawson, Adam Gordon, Noemie Sportiche, and Judith Liben for their review of specific sections of the report, and special thanks to Megan Haberle for her helpful comments … [Read more...] about How States Can Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Key Leverage Points and Best Practices (PRRAC, January 2022)
