The Housing Mobility Services NOFO is out: HUD has released a $25M notice of funding to support 5-year regional housing mobility programs at approximately 11 PHAs. The funding notice, pursuant to Congress’s direction in the 2022 Appropriations Act, prioritizes assistance to families with children, PHAs with high concentrations of families with vouchers in high poverty … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 2, 2023): New HUD and ED support for housing mobility and school integration
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PRRAC Update (May 11, 2023): School integration funding opportunity; NYC youth performance
School integration funding opportunity: The Department of Education has released a $10 million funding notice for a new competitive grants program, “Fostering Diverse Schools,” for selected local school districts to plan for increased school diversity. This was the final outcome of a two year campaign, led by the National Coalition on School Diversity and its members, to fund … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 11, 2023): School integration funding opportunity; NYC youth performance
PRRAC Update (April 27, 2023): Weighing in on AFFH; new EJ EO
AFFH moves forward: PRRAC joined other civil rights and housing organizations this week with formal comments on HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, a new and streamlined version of the 2015 rule suspended by the Trump Administration. Our comments focused on the potential of the new rule for influencing policies at public housing authorities and state … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 27, 2023): Weighing in on AFFH; new EJ EO
PRRAC Update (April 13, 2023): Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing
In the new issue of Poverty & Race: “Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing” – a special issue guest edited by Jamila Michener, looks at the challenges of housing commodification through the lens of racial capitalism and through the stories of powerful tenant-led campaigns in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York State and New York City. Articles from Prentiss … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 13, 2023): Racial capitalism, tenant power, and social housing
PRRAC Update (March 30, 2023): Civil rights restoration at HUD
Civil rights restoration continues at HUD: with the release last week of the “Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard,” HUD continues to repair the damage done to the Fair Housing Act in the prior administration. The Trump administration’s version of the rule, which would have eviscerated the standard, never went into effect because of the preliminary injunction … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (March 30, 2023): Civil rights restoration at HUD