PolicyLink and PRRAC | Link to the pdf of this brief Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is a mandate under the Fair Housing Act that requires governments to take proactive steps to dismantle barriers to housing choice and address patterns of segregation and discrimination.1 With federal enforcement weakening and racial disparities in housing growing, state and … [Read more...] about Affirming Belonging — Expanding State and Local AFFH Efforts
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NFHA et al Comment to HUD re: AFFH Comment (May 2025)
Link to this Advocacy Letter May 2, 2025 Secretary Scott Turner U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20410 Re: Docket No. FR–6519–I–01; Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Revisions Dear Secretary Turner: Imagine a society in which every child and every person can live in a neighborhood with ample affordable and … [Read more...] about NFHA et al Comment to HUD re: AFFH Comment (May 2025)
Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing — A Toolkit
Link to the complete Toolkit Executive Summary The future of our housing system must be one that works for everyone. To that end, tenants, organizers and advocates are working towards a system of social housing. Social housing is permanently and deeply affordable, permanently removed from the for-profit market, and owned and controlled by public, non-profit, or community … [Read more...] about Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing — A Toolkit
Voices of Resistance — Miguel Acosta (September-December 2024 P&R Journal)
Adapted from an interview with Miguel Acosta, Co-Director of Earth Care, conducted by Amy Laura Cahn. Tell us a little bit about you and your community. Miguel Acosta: I usually tell people that I was made in Mexico, born in Chicago, and I'll die in New Mexico. I’m the Co-director of Earth Care. We do work around climate justice and environmental justice on a statewide level. … [Read more...] about Voices of Resistance — Miguel Acosta (September-December 2024 P&R Journal)
A battle for the soul of Title VI in Cancer Alley (September-December 2024 P&R Journal)
Amy Laura Cahn On October 12, 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “Letter of Concern” to the Louisiana Departments of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Health (LDH) indicating that EPA was close to making findings of discrimination in the permitting of industrial facilities along Cancer Alley–one of the worst ongoing examples of environmental racism in … [Read more...] about A battle for the soul of Title VI in Cancer Alley (September-December 2024 P&R Journal)
