Link to the pdf of this document. On June 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“proposed rule”) in the Federal Register entitled “Rescission of Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations.” If finalized, the proposed rule would eliminate the longstanding and historically noncontroversial … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know about the Trump Administration’s Attack on Affirmative Marketing (June 2025)
Policy Analyses
The 2020 Democratic Candidates’ Positions on School Diversity & Related Educational Equity Issues (Philip Tegeler, Abi Hollinger, & Lily Milwit, November 2019)
Updated November 12, 2019. By Philip Tegeler[1], Abi Hollinger[2], and Lily Milwit[3] The first set of Democratic presidential debates in June brought to the spotlight issues of school diversity and equity, as Senator Kamala Harris asserted the importance of school integration, based on her own experience growing up in Berkeley, California, and criticized Vice President … [Read more...] about The 2020 Democratic Candidates’ Positions on School Diversity & Related Educational Equity Issues (Philip Tegeler, Abi Hollinger, & Lily Milwit, November 2019)
Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights
A bill that would drastically change the way federal agencies design regulations is on its way to a Senate vote. The Trump administration has made clear its intention to “deconstruct the regulatory state.” While they have lost no time in beginning to pick off specific regulations, the broader goal is to implement structural changes to bedrock administrative law and policies. … [Read more...] about Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights
How Attacks on the Administrative State Can Be Attacks on the Most Vulnerable
Many Americans who benefit from federal health, safety, and other regulations nevertheless succumb to the rhetoric and are led to believe that they are victims of government red tape and an overly burdensome bureaucracy. However, despite its negative connotations, the administrative state is often central to the government’s work in protecting and supporting low-income … [Read more...] about How Attacks on the Administrative State Can Be Attacks on the Most Vulnerable
The Need for a National Housing Mobility Infrastructure (March 2016)
Policy Brief (March 2016). By Philip Tegeler. Funding for this project was made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Atlantic Philanthropies. Excerpt: "Without housing mobility counseling, and the public housing agency reforms that accompany it, we consistently see highly segregated programs that place poor children … [Read more...] about The Need for a National Housing Mobility Infrastructure (March 2016)
