https://www.prrac.org/pdf/CRAComments.pdf INTERAGENCY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REGARDING COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT COMMENTS OF POVERTY & RACE RESEARCH ACTION COUNCIL AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT, INC. OCC Docket ID OCC-2007-0012 Federal Reserve Board Docket No. OP-1290 FDIC RIN 3064-AC97 ID OTS-2007-0030 I. Introduction. Thank you for the opportunity to comment … [Read more...] about Testimony of PRRAC and The Inclusive Communities Project on the Community Reinvestment Act
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PRRAC Update (December 16, 2021): Housing and School Connections in the New Issue of Poverty & Race; and PRRAC is Hiring!
The new issue of Poverty & Race, expertly guest edited by Kara Finnigan of the University of Rochester, highlights research and policy connections between housing and school integration, with over a dozen new articles on policy, theory, and youth engagement. Read the issue here. PRRAC is hiring! See our new posting for Director of State and Local Engagement here. Between … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 16, 2021): Housing and School Connections in the New Issue of Poverty & Race; and PRRAC is Hiring!
New issue of Poverty & Race!
This special issue of Poverty & Race brings together a variety of research evidence, policy expertise, and student perspectives to the issue of school and housing segregation and the interconnections between the sectors. For years, social scientists have generated important scholarship on the topic of segregation in education and housing, but the use of this research … [Read more...] about New issue of Poverty & Race!
Resource Equity, Desegregation, and Fulfilling the Promise of Brown (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) Saba Bireda and Ary Amerikaner Policies that allocate resources to schools and policies that assign children to schools are clearly and deeply interconnected. Brown v. Board of Education’s decree that separate is inherently unequal was premised on the … [Read more...] about Resource Equity, Desegregation, and Fulfilling the Promise of Brown (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit
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 The Low Income Housing Tax Credit