By Philip Tegeler (PRRAC), Dan Rinzler (Low Income Investment Fund), Mary Cunningham (Urban Institute), and Craig Pollack (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), San Francisco Federal Reserve, July 2015. Excerpt: "Our modeling shows that housing mobility could generate significant medical cost savings from improvements in adult diabetes and extreme obesity, the vast majority of … [Read more...] about Leveraging the Power of Place: Using Pay for Success to Support Housing Mobility (Low Income Investment Fund, PRRAC, Urban Institute & Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, July 2015)
Publications
Building Opportunity II: Civil Rights Best Practices in the LIHTC Program (PRRAC & Sarah Oppenheimer, July 2015)
A PRRAC Report. By Sarah Oppenheimer, (MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, and Ph.D candidate, University of Washington), with Megan Haberle, Etienne Toussaint, and Philip Tegeler. Synopsis: This summary report is an update to our 2008 report, Building Opportunity: Civil Rights Best Practices in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (PRRAC and the Lawyers’ … [Read more...] about Building Opportunity II: Civil Rights Best Practices in the LIHTC Program (PRRAC & Sarah Oppenheimer, July 2015)
Constraining Choice: The Role of Online Apartment Listing Services in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Ebony Gayles & Silva Mathema, July 2015)
A PRRAC Report (June 2015). By Ebony Gayles and Silva Mathema. Excerpt: "Increasingly, Americans are using online rental listing sites to aid their housing search. This is true of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders as well as for the public at large. Update-to-date online listings for HCV holders provide benefits that traditional landlord lists maintained by the Public … [Read more...] about Constraining Choice: The Role of Online Apartment Listing Services in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Ebony Gayles & Silva Mathema, July 2015)
A Better Start: Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education (PRRAC-Century Foundation, April 2015)
A Century Foundation-PRRAC Report (April 2015). By Jeanne L. Reid and Sharon Lynn Kagan (the National Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University) with Michael Hilton and Halley Potter. Excerpt: "This report calls attention to the value of socioeconomic and racial/ethnic diversity within preschool classrooms. It has taken the stance that not only … [Read more...] about A Better Start: Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education (PRRAC-Century Foundation, April 2015)
Finishing Last: Girls of Color and School Sports Opportunities (PRRAC & National Women’s Law Center, April 2015)
A PRRAC & National Women's Law Center Report (April 2015). Synopsis: Our nation’s schools remain highly segregated along racial and economic lines, and schools with high concentrations of minority and low-income students generally have fewer resources for academic and extracurricular activities. Opportunities to play sports, which provide valuable benefits, are … [Read more...] about Finishing Last: Girls of Color and School Sports Opportunities (PRRAC & National Women’s Law Center, April 2015)
