PRRAC Update

Joint PRRAC & Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Comment Letter Opposing Community Reinvestment Act Proposed Rule: On October 13, 2026, PRRAC and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Lawsubmitted a joint comment letter opposing a proposed rule from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that would … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: CRA & Title VI comment letters; fundraiser in Boston (October 15, 2026)

Hot Off the Presses - Poverty & Race: A new edition of Poverty & Race is hot off the presses and available on PRRAC’s website. Print subscribers should be receiving the issue in the mail soon (and, if you would like to subscribe at the low rate of $25 per year, please email info@prrac.org). What do readers have in store for themselves this edition? First, there are … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: new issue of Poverty & Race; happy hour in Los Angeles (October 1, 2026)

One to Track - Reactionary Challenge to New Jersey Disparate Impact Regulations: On September 3, 2026, counsel from the Pacific Legal Foundation filed Mortgage Bankers Association v. Davenport in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The complaint alleges that disparate impact regulationspromulgated by the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights in December 2025 … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: NJ disparate impact lawsuit; misleading HUD notice; happy hour in Los Angeles (September 17, 2026)

Hot Amicus Summer Draws to a Close with Filing of Commons West Brief: On August 27, 2026, PRRAC joined an amicus brief filed by the law firm of Covington & Burling in the New York Court of Appeals in support of the appellant in People v. Commons West, LLC. The case raises the question of whether New York’s source of income discrimination protections meaningfully prohibit … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: Commons West amicus brief; complaint form comment letter; school supplies (September 3, 2026)

PRRAC Joins with Partners on Illinois Appellate Court Amicus Brief in Defense of Illinois’s Source of Income Discrimination Protections: On August 13, 2026, PRRAC joined an amicus brief filed by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Legal Action Chicago in the Illinois Appellate Court for the Fourth Judicial District in support of the appellant in Cole … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: Illinois SOID amicus brief; HUD demographic data comment letter (August 20, 2026)