PRRAC in the South: We are grateful for our recent opportunities to engage with communities in Mississippi and Alabama. It is especially valuable for civil rights lawyers to return to the places where the laws we rely on originated, and to see Southern communities acknowledging their racial histories in ways the North is still struggling to do. In Hattiesburg, our initial … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 3, 2018): Hattiesburg; Selma; St. Louis; and remembering Arnold Hirsch
housing mobility
PRRAC Update (November 30, 2017): Housing and school integration; anti-busing relic lingers on
Housing and school integration: Executive Director Phil Tegeler and Michael Hilton, our Policy Counsel for education, have collaborated on a chapter on housing and school integration policy, titled "Disrupting the Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing and School Segregation," as part of a forthcoming Joint Center for Housing Studies volume on segregation in the U.S. Our … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 30, 2017): Housing and school integration; anti-busing relic lingers on
The Need for a National Housing Mobility Infrastructure (March 2016)
Policy Brief (March 2016). By Philip Tegeler. Funding for this project was made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Atlantic Philanthropies. Excerpt: "Without housing mobility counseling, and the public housing agency reforms that accompany it, we consistently see highly segregated programs that place poor children … [Read more...] about The Need for a National Housing Mobility Infrastructure (March 2016)
PRRAC Update (December 17, 2015): A new housing mobility program in NJ; Chester Hartman retirement; and the housing and school
Goodbye to Chester (and East Bay party): Congratulations to Chester Hartman on his upcoming retirement after more than 25 years at PRRAC. Chester took over as PRRAC's first Executive Director in 1990, and then shifted to his current position as PRRAC's Research Director in 2004. Chester's work at PRRAC has capped an illustrious social justice career that included teaching … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 17, 2015): A new housing mobility program in NJ; Chester Hartman retirement; and the housing and school
PRRAC Update (July 30, 2015): Social impact investment and housing mobility; 50 state survey of state LIHTC plans
Can housing mobility pay for itself? We explored this question in a new report published by the San Francisco Federal Reserve, Leveraging the Power of Place: Using Pay for Success to Support Housing Mobility, written by Dan Rinzler (Low Income Investment Fund), Phil Tegeler (PRRAC), Mary Cunningham (Urban Institute), and Craig Pollack (Johns Hopkins). Best practices in … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 30, 2015): Social impact investment and housing mobility; 50 state survey of state LIHTC plans
