A PRRAC, Kirwan Institute & Opportunity Agenda Report (October 2011). By Philip Tegeler, Henry Korman, Jason Reece, and Megan Haberle. Synopsis: This paper is intended to present a civil rights perspective on the federal policy discussion currently underway seeking to harmonize various subsidized housing development rules across the three agencies that sponsor low-income … [Read more...] about Opportunity and Location in Federally Subsidized Housing Programs: A New Look at HUD’s Site & Neighborhood Standard As Applied to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (PRRAC, Kirwan Institute & Opportunity Agenda, October 2011)
Publications
Finding Common Ground: Coordinating Housing and Education Policy to Promote Integration (PRRAC & NCSD, October 2011).
A PRRAC-NCSD Report (October 2011). Edited by Philip Tegeler. Excerpt: Families who participated in the Baltimore Mobility Program experienced radical changes in their local neighborhood contexts, moving from poor and segregated areas to mixed race, low poverty communities. In this paper, we look at the changes in educational opportunity that accompanied these moves. Given … [Read more...] about Finding Common Ground: Coordinating Housing and Education Policy to Promote Integration (PRRAC & NCSD, October 2011).
A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s (PRRAC and Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, September 2011)
A PRRAC & Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies Report (September 2011). By Rolf Pendall, Elizabeth Davies, Lesley Freiman, and Rob Pitingolo. Excerpt: "This report tracks the stubborn persistence of concentrated poverty—poverty rates over 30 percent—in U.S. metropolitan areas over a period of nearly 40 years. Neighborhoods with poverty rates above 30 percent … [Read more...] about A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s (PRRAC and Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, September 2011)
Research Brief No. 4: What We Know About School Integration, College Attendance, and the Reduction of Poverty (NCSD & PRRAC, October 2010)
A NCSD & PRRAC Research Brief (October 2010). By Philip Tegeler, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, and Martha Bottia. Excerpt: "The goals of promoting integration and avoiding racial isolation in K-12 education were recently reaffirmed as compelling government interests by five Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District … [Read more...] about Research Brief No. 4: What We Know About School Integration, College Attendance, and the Reduction of Poverty (NCSD & PRRAC, October 2010)
Building Sustainable, Inclusive Communities (PRRAC-Building One America, May 2010)
A PRRAC-Building One America Report (May 2010). By David Rusk. Excerpt: "HUD’s new “Sustainable Communities Initiative” (SCI) represents the best of the new administration – looking forward creatively towards a new metropolitan future, and crossing bureaucratic silos to engage transportation policy, environmental policy, and housing policy in the same program. However, the … [Read more...] about Building Sustainable, Inclusive Communities (PRRAC-Building One America, May 2010)
