By Erin Boggs, Sam Brill & Lisa Dabrowski (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Introduction Open Communities Alliance (OCA), a Connecticut-based civil rights non-profit that advocates for balanced affordable housing placement, launched in 2014. Because a central part of our advocacy message is that, along with investments in under-resourced areas, it is … [Read more...] about “Do Housing Choice Voucher Holders Want to Move to Opportunity?” by Erin Boggs, Sam Brill & Lisa Dabrowski (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility
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A Guide to Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs): How State and Local Housing Agencies Can Expand Opportunity for Families in All Metro Areas (CBPP-PRRAC, May 2018)
A PRRAC and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) Research Publication. Excerpt: "State and local housing agencies have important new tools to help families with housing vouchers move to high-opportunity neighborhoods with low crime and strong schools, which tend to have higher rents. A November 2016 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule expands use … [Read more...] about A Guide to Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs): How State and Local Housing Agencies Can Expand Opportunity for Families in All Metro Areas (CBPP-PRRAC, May 2018)
Selected Comments in Response to HUD’s 30-Day Notice on the SAFMR Suspension
In response to the OCA v Carson lawsuit, HUD issued a call for comments on the 2-year suspension shortly before the preliminary injunction hearing. Although the court rejected this post-hoc effort, the rule received a strong outpouring of support from advocates for low income families across the country, as well as scattered complaints from PHAs and their trade associations. … [Read more...] about Selected Comments in Response to HUD’s 30-Day Notice on the SAFMR Suspension
Press Release: August 15, 2017 HUD suspends implementation of key civil rights provision in the voucher program
PRESS RELEASE (press contact - Kimberly Hall, khall@prrac.org) Trump Administration suspends key civil rights provision in the Housing Choice Voucher program This week, HUD sent letters to public housing agencies (PHAs) covering 23 metropolitan areas, "suspending" a 2016 rule that would have allowed more families in the Housing Choice Voucher program to … [Read more...] about Press Release: August 15, 2017 HUD suspends implementation of key civil rights provision in the voucher program
