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Poverty & Race Journal (April-August 2024)

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Link to the full issue pdf. Title VI Turns 60: Is it Too Late to Awaken the Sleeping Giant? Johnathan Smith Negating Objections to Housing Decommodification through Strategic Tenant Movement Support for  Comprehensive Economic and Social Rights Thomas Silverstein Rosenwald Fellows and the Journey to Brown v. Board of Education Stephanie Deutsch Life in Grants Pass John … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (April-August 2024)

Social Housing Goals in State Housing Allocation Plans — A 50-State Survey (December 2023)

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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)

Building Opportunity III: Affirmatively furthering fair housing in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (October 2023)

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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)

Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (December 2022)

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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)