A PRRAC Policy Brief (December 2012). By Megan Haberle, Ebony Gayles, and Philip Tegeler. Read the Policy Brief... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Even where affordable housing is available in high-opportunity communities, it may not truly be accessible to low-income and minority tenants without well-designed outreach and admissions practices. Communities rich in … [Read more...] about Accessing Opportunity: Recommendations for Marketing and Tenant Selection in LIHTC and Other Housing Programs (Megan Haberle, Ebony Gayles, & Philip Tegeler, December 2012)
Fair Housing
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and Secondary Mortgage Market Reform: Making the Connection (June 2011)
The ongoing debate over reform of the residential mortgage system has significant implications for borrowers of color, who were disproportionately affected by the foreclosure crisis. One aspect of the financial reform debate, highlighted in the Obama Administration’s 2011 Report to Congress, involves the development of a new entity or entities to assure liquidity and stability … [Read more...] about Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and Secondary Mortgage Market Reform: Making the Connection (June 2011)
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing in HUD’s Affordable Housing Programs (December 2009)
To: HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, Deputy Secretary Ron Sims, Assistant Secretary John Trasviña, and Assistant Secretary Sandra Henriquez Re: Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing in HUD’s Affordable Housing Programs Prepared by the Civil Rights Task Force on Federal Housing Policy This memorandum is presented in the spirit of HUD’s required “Analysis of Impediments to … [Read more...] about Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing in HUD’s Affordable Housing Programs (December 2009)
Statement of Principles on the Reauthorization of the HOPE VI Public Housing Revitalization Program (March 2008)
In the ongoing discussions concerning the reauthorization of the federal HOPE VI public housing revitalization program, there had been much said about specific details of wording but less discussion about "first principles." As H.R. 3524 moves to the full House and eventually to the Senate, we offer the following set of constitutional and civil rights principles for interested … [Read more...] about Statement of Principles on the Reauthorization of the HOPE VI Public Housing Revitalization Program (March 2008)
“Inclusionary Zoning – Gautreaux by Another Pathway” by David Rusk (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
By David Rusk (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) What my colleague john powell has termed creating “opportunity-based housing” is the goal of Alex Polikoff’s call for a sustained, Gautreaux-type program of 100,000 federal housing vouchers a year to relocate poor black families from high-poverty, opportunity-poor ghettoes to low-poverty, opportunity-rich … [Read more...] about “Inclusionary Zoning – Gautreaux by Another Pathway” by David Rusk (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
