Fair Housing PRRAC’s fair housing work encompasses implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing mandate, as well as research and advocacy to expand opportunity in federal housing programs at HUD, the Treasury Department, and state housing finance agencies. We also provide technical assistance to local housing agencies and advocates on AFFH, housing mobility, … [Read more...] about Housing Mobility & the Housing Choice Voucher Program
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State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)
Updated March 2024 Read Appendix B here... Set out below is a compilation of state, local, and federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in the housing market based on source of income, along with an annotated bibliography of studies and published articles relating to discrimination against families with federal Housing Choice Vouchers. You can use the hyperlinks in the … [Read more...] about State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)
Supporting School Integration Through the Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program (AIR, September 2023)
Read the full essay Philip Tegeler, Poverty & Race Research Action Council1 Excerpted from the AIR Equity Initiative: Integration and Equity 2.0, New and Reinvigorated Approaches to School Integration – A Collection of Essays Our largest low-income housing program, the Housing Choice Voucher program, was originally conceived as an experiment to give families the … [Read more...] about Supporting School Integration Through the Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program (AIR, September 2023)
Chester Hartman – In Memoriam (1936-2023) (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) John Charles Boger, PRRAC Board Member We at the Poverty & Race Research Council (PRRAC) pause here to remember and lift up the life of Chester Hartman, whose death in San Francisco on May 9, 2023 ended 87 years of remarkable service. PRRAC was … [Read more...] about Chester Hartman – In Memoriam (1936-2023) (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Unintended Consequences of School Finance Reform? An Initial Exploration. (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) Phil Tegeler Funding disparities between school districts are driven by racial and economic segregation, and yet progressive state legislatures have generally bypassed desegregation in favor of compensatory funding for districts with greater student … [Read more...] about Unintended Consequences of School Finance Reform? An Initial Exploration. (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)