Progress on fair housing planning: HUD took another step forward in the planned release of a new rule clarifying the Fair Housing Act's "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" obligation for state and local government recipients of HUD funding. This latest step is a draft assessment form for jurisdictions to use to analyze local patterns of segregation in HUD programs and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 2, 2014): Civil rights progress at HUD and the Dept of Education
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PRRAC Update (June 26, 2014): New diversity language at Dept of Ed
Revised "diversity priority" proposed for Department of Education competitive grant programs: In 2010, the Department of Education approved a series of funding priorities that could be included as incentives or threshold requirements in Department competitive grant programs - including a priority for promoting racial and ethnic diversity in schools. However, since the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 26, 2014): New diversity language at Dept of Ed
PRRAC Update (November 21, 2013): HUD policy developments; new P&R
In the new Poverty & Race: Our new issue includes articles by Monique Morris on prison education for Black girls, a progress report on the "Within Our Lifetime" project, and essays (previewed in our last update) by Myron Orfield and Alan Berube on promoting fair housing in diverse suburbs. HUD policy developments affecting fair housing: Incentives for higher cost … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 21, 2013): HUD policy developments; new P&R
PRRAC’s Analysis of NLIHC’s “Out of Reach 2013” Report (March 2013)
Introduction Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) releases the Out of Reach report, which provides an important measure of how far the United States still has to go to provide decent affordable housing to families in need. The report’s findings are even more crucial this year due to the impending impact of sequestration under the Budget … [Read more...] about PRRAC’s Analysis of NLIHC’s “Out of Reach 2013” Report (March 2013)
From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit (Edited by Chester Hartman & Gregory D. Squires, October 2013)
Contributing Authors Shanti Abedin, Katrin B. Anacker, David Berenbaum, Saqib Bhatti, Janis Bowdler, James H. Carr, Peter Dreier, Katrina S. Forrest, José A. Garcia, George Goehl, Debby Goldberg, Chester Hartman, Sandra Hinson, Donald L. Kahl, Stephen Lerner, Mike Miller, john a. powell, John P. Relman, Lisa Rice, Robert G. Schwemm, M William Sermons, Shanna L. Smith, Gregory … [Read more...] about From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit (Edited by Chester Hartman & Gregory D. Squires, October 2013)
