Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) Osamudia James In September 2021, The New York Times Magazine featured a story about school reform. The article, “The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools,” considered population loss and government disinvestment as central to school reform. Featured in the … [Read more...] about School Finance as Racial Subordination (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
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The Interconnection Between School Finance and Segregation (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) Introduction Nearly 70 years ago, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. But Brown and its progeny never seriously examined the ways in which inadequate school funding is … [Read more...] about The Interconnection Between School Finance and Segregation (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Section 8 Tenants Are Using New Laws To Fight Housing Bias
By Jack Karp for Law360 | July 21, 2023 Landlords around the country routinely refuse to rent to tenants who rely on housing vouchers and other forms of financial assistance, so a growing number of low-income tenants and their advocates are using recently passed source-of-income laws to fight the practice. Megan Morse had hoped to use her rental assistance voucher to … [Read more...] about Section 8 Tenants Are Using New Laws To Fight Housing Bias
PRRAC comments on proposed methodology for calculation of Fair Market Rents (July 2023)
July 18, 2023 Regulations Division Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410–0001 Re: Proposed Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Fair Market Rents, Docket No. FR-6401-N-01 Dear Colleagues, We are writing to express support for proposed changes to methods used for … [Read more...] about PRRAC comments on proposed methodology for calculation of Fair Market Rents (July 2023)
RAD Choice-Mobility Guidebook: Effective Implementation of Residents’ Choice-Mobility Rights in RAD Conversions: A Best Practices Guide for PHAs and Owners (July 2023)
In designing the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program as a strategy to fund capital needs for public housing preservation and rehabilitation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) included a robust suite of resident rights and protections. For instance, RAD prohibits permanent involuntary displacement and requires one-for-one replacement of almost … [Read more...] about RAD Choice-Mobility Guidebook: Effective Implementation of Residents’ Choice-Mobility Rights in RAD Conversions: A Best Practices Guide for PHAs and Owners (July 2023)
