PRRAC Update

Zohran Mamdani Appoints Long-Time Tenant Organizer (and Friend of PRRAC) to Direct the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants: On his first day in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Cea Weaver to as Director of the Office to Protect Tenants. Prior to this appointment, Cea worked as the Director of Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of tenant and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: Mamdani appoints friend of PRRAC; NJ environmental justice regulations; reading recommendations (January 8, 2026)

HUD Turns the Fair Housing Act on Its Head in Its Attack on the City of Boston: The New York Times reported that a political appointee from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sent the City of Boston a letter on December 11, 2025 announcing that the Department was initiating an investigation of the City’s housing programs. The letter betrays a willful … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: HUD attack on Boston; ROAD to Housing Act updates; 2026 travel recommendations (December 23, 2025)

The Justice Department’s Lawless Attack on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a Final Rule removing protections against disparate impact discrimination from its implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in programs and activities that receive … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: Title VI attacks; welcoming new PRRAC Board members; housing trivia quiz (December 11, 2025)

From the Latest Issue of Poverty & Race: The latest issue of our journal Poverty & Race is now available online and will be arriving in print subscribers’ mailboxes soon. Professor Danielle Wingfield’s Massive Resistance: Then and Now invites us to consider the parallels between efforts to stymie school integration in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education and current … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update: New issue of Poverty & Race; SSAB transitions; holiday gift guide (November 25, 2025)

Proposed Rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Threatens Civil Rights: On November 13, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a proposed rule that, if it is finalized and goes into effect, would have a devastating impact on our collective efforts to ensure fair and inclusive access to credit in the United States. First, the proposed rule … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 13, 2025): Proposed CFPB rule; rural social housing; government re-opening