Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in the National Housing Trust Fund: Our new policy brief offers guidance to states and state based housing and civil rights advocates working on the development of the first round of state allocation plans for the recently funded Housing Trust Fund. Read our brief here. Helping HUD improve the AFFH process: we filed coalition … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 27, 2016): Promoting fair housing in the National Housing Trust Fund
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PRRAC Update (May 13, 2016): Join us for NCSD Hill briefing on school integration – next Thursday
Congressional briefing on school integration: PRRAC is assisting the National Coalition on School Diversity (www.school-diversity.org) in organizing a Hill briefing next Thursday on the Obama Administration's new school integration initiatives - with Congresswoman Rosa Delauro (CT), Congressman Mark Takano (CA), NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherilynn Ifill, UDC Professor … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 13, 2016): Join us for NCSD Hill briefing on school integration – next Thursday
PRRAC Update (April 28, 2016): I3, SIG, EACs, and progress on HCVs
More progress on school integration: The Department of Education capped a series of recent announcements on school integration with a notice of funding availability for the "Investing in Integration" competitive grants program that prioritizes proposals that promote racial and economic integration. Along with our colleagues in the school diversity coalition, we have been … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 28, 2016): I3, SIG, EACs, and progress on HCVs
PRRAC Update (March 18, 2016): 21st century segregation; HUD & EPA; FHFA duty to serve
Reflections on 21st Century segregation in the new Poverty & Race: articles by Gary Cunningham, John Powell, Sherilynn Ifill, and Gail Christopher. Coming to your actual mailboxes next week, but available online here. EPA and HUD coordination? We submitted comments to EPA regarding its proposed amendments to the EPA Title VI regulations. Our letter, co-signed by … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 18, 2016): 21st century segregation; HUD & EPA; FHFA duty to serve
PRRAC Update (February 25, 2016): New book on immigrant integration
Save the date: book launch for Integration Nation! If you are in the DC area, please come to our office to hear Susan Eaton introduce her new book about successful immigrant integration efforts from across the U.S. -- Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at its Best (published by the New Press). This book originated in research for the "One Nation … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 25, 2016): New book on immigrant integration
