The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate is now considering the legislation. Overall, H.R.1 is a vehicle for tax cuts that will primarily benefit the wealthy and spending cuts that will disproportionately harm poor and working-class … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 29, 2025): LIHTC in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
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PRRAC Update (May 15, 2025) Join us for the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility!
Join us for the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility: PRRAC and our partners at Mobility Works will be hosting the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility on October 17, 2025 in Chicago. Featuring experts in research, policy, and practice, this event will update attendees on key developments and foster discussions to drive the field forward. This is the final event … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 15, 2025) Join us for the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility!
PRRAC Update (May 1, 2025): Protecting HUD’s affirmative marketing requirements
Protecting HUD’s affirmative marketing requirements: On April 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sent a notice of proposed rulemaking that - if finalized - would rescind HUD’s affirmative marketing requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for pre-publication review. On May 5, members of the PRRAC team will be meeting with OMB … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 1, 2025): Protecting HUD’s affirmative marketing requirements
PRRAC Update (April 17, 2025): Poverty & Race special issue on transportation equity
Transportation Equity in the new Poverty & Race: Our first issue of 2025, guest-edited by Professor Ariel Bierbaum, involves multiple perspectives on transportation and civil rights, leading with an article by Deborah Archer, adapted from her new book “Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality;” plus a look back at the “freeway revolts” … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 17, 2025): Poverty & Race special issue on transportation equity
PRRAC update (April 3, 2025): Meet our new Executive Director! (and a new policy brief on project-based vouchers)
We are excited to announce that our new Executive Director, Thomas Silverstein, will be joining us on April 14! Thomas is currently Director for the Fair Housing and Community Development Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and is a respected national leader in both civil rights and housing justice work. Please join us in welcoming Thomas and see his bio … [Read more...] about PRRAC update (April 3, 2025): Meet our new Executive Director! (and a new policy brief on project-based vouchers)
