Link to the full Poverty & Race Jan-April 2026 issue The Fight for Fair Housing: How the Trump Administration is Politicizing and Refusing to Enforce America's Housing Protections by Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan Financial Distress in the Rental Market is Escalating by Ruthy Gourevitch and Jacob Udell What Pauli Murray Had to Say about the Thirteenth … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (Jan-April 2026)
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The Fight for Fair Housing: How the Trump Administration is Politicizing and Refusing to Enforce America’s Housing Protections (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
Link to the full Poverty & Race Journal pdf by Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan Our names are Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan. As whistleblowers in the Office of Fair Housing (OFH) within the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we and two other whistleblowers bore witness to an ongoing and concerted effort by the Trump … [Read more...] about The Fight for Fair Housing: How the Trump Administration is Politicizing and Refusing to Enforce America’s Housing Protections (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
PRRAC Update (November 13, 2014): ICP v Texas
A dangerous appeal: The Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas has the potential to undo 40 years of settled precedent under the Fair Housing Act. The underlying case involves ICP's successful challenge to racially segregated siting of Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments in the Dallas area. The issue the court has taken on … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (November 13, 2014): ICP v Texas
PRRAC Update (January 16, 2014): Marking progress in Philadelphia
Congratulations to HUD on a successful "Moving to Higher Opportunity Summit" outside Philadelphia last week. The conference, designed in part to showcase the launch of the new Delaware Valley Regional Mobility Initiative, drew about 350 state and local government staff, housing advocates, and elected officials, from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and all over. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 16, 2014): Marking progress in Philadelphia
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing at HUD: A First Term Report Card, Part I (PRRAC, January 2013)
A PRRAC Program Review (January 2013). Excerpt: "During the first term of the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has reaffirmed a broad commitment to fair housing. However, while fair housing enforcement at the agency has increased noticeably, the task of reforming HUD’s own programs has been painstakingly slow. A flurry of positive … [Read more...] about Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing at HUD: A First Term Report Card, Part I (PRRAC, January 2013)
