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)
Policy Analyses
HUD’s New “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Regulation: An Introduction (November 2015)
Elements of the “Assessment of Fair Housing” Process Every five years, participant jurisdictions must conduct an AFH to analyze fair housing issues: aspects of discrimination, segregation, inadequate affordable housing, and lack of access to neighborhood “opportunity” characteristics (such as quality schools and environmental health). The AFH must also identify “meaningful … [Read more...] about HUD’s New “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Regulation: An Introduction (November 2015)
PRRAC’s Analysis of NLIHC’s “Out of Reach 2013” Report (March 2013)
Introduction Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) releases the Out of Reach report, which provides an important measure of how far the United States still has to go to provide decent affordable housing to families in need. The report’s findings are even more crucial this year due to the impending impact of sequestration under the Budget … [Read more...] about PRRAC’s Analysis of NLIHC’s “Out of Reach 2013” Report (March 2013)
Accessing Opportunity: Recommendations for Marketing and Tenant Selection in LIHTC and Other Housing Programs (Megan Haberle, Ebony Gayles, & Philip Tegeler, December 2012)
A PRRAC Policy Brief (December 2012). By Megan Haberle, Ebony Gayles, and Philip Tegeler. Read the Policy Brief... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Even where affordable housing is available in high-opportunity communities, it may not truly be accessible to low-income and minority tenants without well-designed outreach and admissions practices. Communities rich in … [Read more...] about Accessing Opportunity: Recommendations for Marketing and Tenant Selection in LIHTC and Other Housing Programs (Megan Haberle, Ebony Gayles, & Philip Tegeler, December 2012)
The CERD Treaty and U.S. Civil Rights Law (June 2011)
Americans are rightly proud of their civil rights laws, adopted in the 1960s in response to a broad based domestic Civil Rights Movement and increasing international pressure to undo officially sanctioned discrimination and segregation. As part of that same international movement, in 1965 the U.N. adopted a broad human rights treaty to address racial discrimination – the … [Read more...] about The CERD Treaty and U.S. Civil Rights Law (June 2011)
