Listening session on AFFH rule: We are participating in a Housing Justice Network “listening session” on the proposed AFFH rule (which was officially published in the Federal Register this morning) on February 15 at 1:00eastern. If you are considering submitting comments on the proposed rule, you may want to join the webinar – register here (advocates only please!). See also … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 9, 2023): AFFH comments; UN visit
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PRRAC Update (January 19, 2023): AFFH returns; magnet schools and public housing; school accountability and segregation
AFFH – the administrative state comes full circle: After the Trump administration‘s 2018 suspension of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, and after civil rights groups brought a valiant but unsuccessful Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit to challenge the suspension, the Trump administration in 2020 released a hollowed out version of the rule, which was … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 19, 2023): AFFH returns; magnet schools and public housing; school accountability and segregation
PRRAC Update (January 5, 2023): 2023 Appropriations highlights; community reinvestment and social housing
Final 2023 appropriations bill – selected housing provisions: Although we were unsuccessful in our campaign to obtain additional funds for housing mobility services in the 2023 budget, there were at least two valuable housing provisions worth noting: a new $85 million incentive fund to encourage municipalities to eliminate exclusionary zoning laws, and a $130 million increase … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 5, 2023): 2023 Appropriations highlights; community reinvestment and social housing
PRRAC Update: Reflections on Raj Chetty’s 2022 social capital studies, Dec. 2022
In the new Poverty & Race: reflections on Raj Chetty’s recent research on cross-class friendships, from john powell, Mark Joseph, Linda Tropp, and members of Mobility Works and the Redress Movement – plus an examination of the possible segregation impacts of “No Child Left Behind” and the school accountability movement. Read the full issue here. Where is the proposed AFFH … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: Reflections on Raj Chetty’s 2022 social capital studies, Dec. 2022
PRRAC Update (December 1, 2022): 2022 housing mobility programs survey
Housing mobility programs survey: We have updated our biennial review of housing mobility programs at a time of exciting growth, with both the Community Choice Demonstration now underway, and a competitive funding notice for housing mobility services coming out early next year from HUD! See Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S. 2022 (PRRAC and Mobility Works, December … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 1, 2022): 2022 housing mobility programs survey
