Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs: The briefs have been filed in this pivotal Supreme Court case challenging the long-established "disparate impact" liability standard under the Fair Housing Act. PRRAC helped to draft a coalition amicus brief focusing on the harms of segregation, the central importance of segregation in the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 8, 2015): Historic choices at the Supreme Court; good news from NY State
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PRRAC Update (December 18, 2014): Public housing demolition, NYC schools
New rules on public housing demolition: HUD has issued a proposed rule tightening up the standards for public housing agencies that seek to demolish, sell, or change the use of public housing. We were pleased with the rule's strong emphasis on civil rights review of any proposals, and requirements for housing mobility counseling in agency relocation plans. But we also … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (December 18, 2014): Public housing demolition, NYC schools
PRRAC Update (May 15, 2014): 60 years after Brown, in Hartford and New Haven, CT
Twenty five years of school integration progress in Connecticut: Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Hartford for their recent celebration of the 25th anniversary of the filing of the Sheff v. O'Neill case, a landmark state constitutional decision in 1996 that has led to development of a successful two-way school integration program in Hartford and surrounding … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 15, 2014): 60 years after Brown, in Hartford and New Haven, CT
PRRAC Update (February 13, 2014): Protecting vulnerable children
Housing mobility and child health: We participated in a powerful Aspen Institute Roundtable in Baltimore last week titled "After Thompson: Getting Kids Out of Harm's Way - Implications for the Well-Being of Children," which focused on recent research on the developmental impacts of "toxic stress" and trauma on young children living in distressed communities - and the important … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 13, 2014): Protecting vulnerable children
PRRAC Update (October 10, 2013): Shutdown; Department of Ed strategic plan
During the ongoing government shutdown we continue to engage, in spirit, with the federal agencies responsible for providing support for low income families - but we are reminded by the shutdown that the government actually needs its people to develop and move new policies forward. As my mother might say, even "half a loaf" needs someone to bake it! Where is school … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 10, 2013): Shutdown; Department of Ed strategic plan
