PRRAC in the News

Renters under the Section 8 voucher program are struggling to find apartments that meet their needs and fall within a tight budget Sarah Holder and Airielle Lowe, Bloomberg, CityLab January 5, 2023 Government programs designed to support the lowest-income Americans have been no match for the relentless post-Covid US rental market. Read more... … [Read more...] about Relentless Rents Leave Few Choices for Americans Relying on Assistance

Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The average Housing Choice Voucher (formerly known as Section 8) will increase next month, following the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s attempt to address the impacts of inflation on rents. Nationally, vouchers are expected to increase an average of 10%, a significant jump from the typical average of 4%. In … [Read more...] about Milwaukee County housing voucher recipients will get an increase in subsidies next month

By Katherine Landergan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Aug 22, 2022 More than 1,000 Georgians have received housing vouchers, but can’t find a landlord who will accept their application In the past year, Alviniece Elder has applied to more than 10 apartments in Atlanta. She has enough money to cover rent at a good, stable apartment for herself and her two … [Read more...] about Some Georgians with housing vouchers say landlords won’t rent to them (Atlanta Journal)

By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat [...] "'The community impact analysis would address one of the most concerning features of urban charter schools in the U.S. — their potential to accelerate the concentration of the poorest and neediest students in the public schools they draw from,' wrote Philip Tegeler and Oluwatoyin Edogun of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, a … [Read more...] about Why the Latest Fight About Charter Rules Matters — for Schools and Education Politics (Chalkbeat)

By Jerusalem Demsas, Vox “Exclusionary zoning is a product of state law, and if we can get states to address that through funding incentives, I think that that could lead to some real change at the local level,” Phil Tegeler, executive director of the civil rights group Poverty and Race Research Action Council, told Vox earlier this year. “Local governments have no inherent … [Read more...] about Democrats Have No Plan to Fight Housing Inflation (Vox)