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)
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Innovation and the Federal Housing Budget: Notes for President Obama’s “Listening Tour” (March 2011)
Anyone who thinks that the words “innovation” and “HUD” don’t belong in the same sentence should take notice: In the past two years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been crafting innovative solutions to bureaucratic problems that have plagued the agency for decades. These innovations are coming from across the program spectrum. Agency … [Read more...] about Innovation and the Federal Housing Budget: Notes for President Obama’s “Listening Tour” (March 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)
“The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By James E. Rosenbaum (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I am puzzled by those who focus on white attitudes as the lever for changing black disadvantage. Attitudes are a particularly ineffective lever for change. We don’t know how to change people’s attitudes, and attitude change doesn’t always change material circumstances. However, sometimes we manage to change … [Read more...] about “The Gautreaux Experience” by James E. Rosenbaum (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
