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
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PRRAC Update (September 18, 2014): An urgent call for safer housing options
"Moving to Peace and Safety": A must-read article in NHI's Rooflines from our colleague Barbara Samuels - recounting feedback from clients and applicants for the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program who are seeking safer housing opportunities for their children. (Some of the themes in Barbara's essay were also echoed in an op-ed in yesterday's New York Times.) In the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 18, 2014): An urgent call for safer housing options
PRRAC Update (May 29, 2014): Sheryll Cashin in the new Poverty & Race
In the new Poverty & Race: Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin previews her provocative new book on college admissions, "Place Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America," with responses from Professors Girardeau Spann and Olati Johnson. Plus an article on HUD civil rights efforts in the Carter administration, from PRRAC Policy Counsel Megan Haberle, and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 29, 2014): Sheryll Cashin in the new Poverty & Race
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
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
