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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · 7d

Very interesting report from the Institute for Family Studies on multi-bedroom floorplans that pencil just as well as floorplans with fewer bedrooms AND align with household preferences. Across all income strata, we need more family-sized multifamily units.

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Homes for Young Families Part 2 | Institute for Family Studies

This is part 2 of our Homes for Young Families Series, with this brief focusing on family-friendly apartments.

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National Housing Law Project @nhlp.bsky.social · 14d

Yesterday w/ @shrivercenter.bsky.social, @prrac.bsky.social, @masslawreform.bsky.social, @seniorcaucus.bsky.social, Northwestern Law Tenant Advocacy Clinic, & Lakeside Tower Tenant Union, we urged the 1st Circuit to protect tenants, save homes, & uphold a preliminary injunction to access GRRP $$$.

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · 12d

From yesterday's PRRAC Update: time is running out to register for the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility; the new edition of our report on housing mobility programs nationwide is out; and an important amicus brief about the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program.

PRRAC Update (October 2, 2025): Last chance to register for Housing Mobility Conference + 2025 Mobility Programs Report is here! - PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy

Register for the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility before It Is Too Late: The registration period for the 10th National Conference on Housing

www.prrac.org

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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 13d

Pathetic. HUD is supposed to serve everyone—not sling partisan mud.

A fully funded HUD could do so much to fix our housing crisis. Instead, leadership pulls stunts like this. We can do so much better.

A screenshot of an X post from the verified account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (@HUDgov), posted at 11:40 PM on September 30, 2025. The post reads:

“HUD’s website has been updated with the following message:

'The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.'”

Below the post is a screenshot of the HUD.gov homepage with a large red banner with the described message spanning the top of the main webpage.

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · 25d

The Update was positively packed yesterday. If you take away anything, you should take away that you should register for the 10th National Conference on Housing Mobility ASAP! But stick around for the opposite of a hot take on CA's upzoning bill, dreary news about threats to SOID laws & more.

PRRAC Update (September 18, 2025): Register for Housing Mobility Conference! + Nebraska SOID challenge; CA zoning reform - PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy

New Misguided Challenge to Source-of-Income Discrimination Protections Filed in Nebraska: On September 4, 2025, four private landlords filed suit in the

www.prrac.org

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · 26d

"Prohibiting source of income discrimination is vital to our collective efforts to foster integrated communities, increase economic mobility, and reduce homelessness," said Thomas Silverstein, Executive Director of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council.

Kaine, Schiff, & Peters Introduce Bill to Protect Veterans and Low-Income Families from Housing Discrimination | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former fair housing attorney, and Adam Schiff (D-CA), alongside U.S. Representative Scott...

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · 28d

This is an outstanding piece from the legendary Alan Mallach.

To sprawl or not to sprawl

But is that really the question?

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · Sep 5

via @prrac.bsky.social: HUD Ignores the Notice and Comment Requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act to Further a Xenophobic Agenda

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Sheryll Cashin @sheryllcashin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Participating in this documentary was pure joy, I loved the boss! It’s excellent. Hope you will watch it on PBS.

Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're very excited for the forthcoming documentary Becoming Thurgood, which will premiere on PBS next Tuesday and which features our Board member @sheryllcashin.bsky.social.

Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect

Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice.

www.pbs.org

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're very excited for the forthcoming documentary Becoming Thurgood, which will premiere on PBS next Tuesday and which features our Board member @sheryllcashin.bsky.social.

Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect

Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice.

www.pbs.org

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Mobility Works @housingmobility.org · Sep 5

The anticipation is building! We can't wait to see everyone in Chicago next month. In the meantime, if you're coming from out of town for any part of #HousingMobility2025 and haven't yet reserved your hotel room, please do. The discounted block expires on 9/15, and it may run out before then.

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Sep 5

PRRAC teamed up with @nhlp.bsky.social , @homelesslaw.bsky.social & Covington & Burling on an amicus brief that makes the case for why bans on source of income discrimination are consistent with the 4th Amendment.

Check out our update to learn about the brief & more!

www.prrac.org/prrac-update...

PRRAC Update (September 4, 2025): New amicus brief; HUD's xenophobic actions; PRRAC at YIMBYtown - PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy

PRRAC Joins Amicus Brief in Defense of New York’s Prohibition on Source of Income Discrimination: On August 18, 2025, PRRAC, along with our partners at the

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Aug 25

Some big wins in the state courts on source of income discrimination, but we can't ignore the ways in which demagogic, evidence-free attacks on our unhoused neighbors are being used to justify the takeover of D.C.

PRRAC Update (August 21, 2025): The inhumane cost of Trump's D.C. plans - PRRAC — Connecting Research to Advocacy

Ramping Up the Criminalization of Homelessness Is Inhumane and Counterproductive: There is a lot to be said about what is wrong with President Trump’s

www.prrac.org

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our ED was on the radio today to explain the harm and chaos sown by the Trump Administration's attacks on DC's unhoused residents and to correct the record on what actually works to end homelessness.

Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social · Aug 19

As a lifelong WPFW listener (yes, I was a strange kid), it was an honor to be on Community Watch & Comment (accessible here: archive.wpfwfm.org/mp3/wpfw_250...) to discuss the Trump Administration's outrageous attacks on our unhoused community members. Housing First works. Criminalization doesn't.

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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · Aug 12

🚨 STATEMENT on Trump’s Attack on D.C.: Banishment is Not a Solution to Homelessness.

Serious leaders must reject Trump's approach & invest in implementing real solutions at scale 🔽

STATEMENT: Trump’s Attack on D.C.: Banishment is Not a Solution to Homelessness.

On Sunday, President Trump posted a horrifying screed announcing plans to force all of D.C.’s unhoused residents to “move out, IMMEDIATELY” & send them “FAR from the Capital.”

W/ HUD reporting a national record of 771,480 people unhoused on a single night last year—including 5,616 unhoused people in D.C., over 80% of whom were Black—vilifying & rounding up our cities’ most vulnerable is racist, cruel, irrational & dangerous.

If the goal is to solve homelessness, forced mass displacement & criminalization do the opposite: they deepen trauma, erect barriers to housing & work, worsen racial disparities, and put women, people w/ disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, & other underserved groups at greater risk.

Serious leaders must reject Trump's approach & invest in implementing real solutions at scale: build & preserve social & public housing; expand permanent supportive housing & services; & enact strong tenant protections so residents aren’t pushed into homelessness in the 1st place

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jul 31

"With so much funding at stake, Hawai‘i Appleseed is working to raise public awareness about how QAP works and how the community can be involved."

Thankful for our partnership with ‪@hiappleseed.bsky.social‬ and their leadership on this critical issue.

www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...

How projects compete for the state's hundreds of millions pegged for affordable housing

Have you ever wondered how the state determines which affordable housing projects get state and federal funding? HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the process and some changes under consideration.

www.hawaiipublicradio.org

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jul 23

There could not be a more fitting tribute to the incredible career of our former Board member (and the best FHEO Assistant Secretary in HUD's history) Betsy Julian than an award named in honor of Alex Polikoff.

Mobility Works @housingmobility.org · Jul 23

Our #HousingMobility2025 award ceremony will honor the brilliant 45-year career of Elizabeth K. Julian and the memory of Alex Polikoff, two civil rights champions. Register for the Conference to honor their dedication and achievements! shorturl.at/Fpreb @prrac.bsky.social

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jul 22

Check out this great report from our partners at PolicyLink to learn how to design, win, and implement effective rent control policies at the state and local levels (featuring our ED @tsilverstein.bsky.social).

Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social · Jul 22

Really happy to have had my modest contribution on the legal context for rent control included in this incredible resource from PolicyLink. I truly believe that tenant organizers and housing justice wonks and lawyers will be citing this report for years to come.

www.policylink.org/node/73676

OUR HOMES, OUR FUTURE: Building the Power to Win Rent Control for Stable Communities | PolicyLink

www.policylink.org

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jul 16

We're so excited to announce our blockbuster keynote discussion with former HUD Secretaries Donovan & Castro and our former Board member, the legendary Demetria McCain. Join us at the conference! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/dzzpc5q

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Vienna has been declared a renters’ utopia – here's why | Justin Kadi

Social housing makes up almost half of the city’s 1m homes. The system isn’t perfect, but it gets a lot of things right, says housing expert Justin Kadi

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · Jul 10

Good news via @prrac.bsky.social: Supreme Court denies cert in the eviction moratorium case. It could have started down the road of eliminating rent control and eviction protections, but chose not to.

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Takings Clause Challenge to COVID Eviction Moratorium: On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in GHP Management Corp. v. City of Los Angeles over a dissent authored by Justice Thomas and joined by Justice Gorsuch. In this case, landlords challenged an eviction moratorium that the City of Los Angeles had put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent a surge in evictions and resulting homelessness, alleging that the policy took their property without just compensation in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Although the moratorium had long since expired, the landlords sought compensation for the period during which it was in place. The Ninth Circuit had rejected the landlords’ claim, relying heavily on the Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in Yee v. City of Escondido, which upheld the constitutionality of rent control and just cause eviction protections. The landlords in GHP Management Corp., advancing an argument that had succeeded in the Eighth and Federal Circuits, argued that the Supreme Court’s decision in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, which emphasized the “right to exclude” as a hallmark of property rights, controlled rather than Yee. The Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari in GHP Management Corp. is hugely positive for the housing justice and civil rights fields as a negative decision, especially one overturning Yee, could have had implications for a far broader set of tenant protections than just eviction moratoria. Despite this victory, it will be incumbent upon us to remain vigilant, as the groups that have been advocating for an extreme vision of property rights that would undermine tenant protections are not going away.

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jun 17

www.governing.com/urban/the-se...

The Secret of Affordable Housing: Governments Have to Do It

Chicago’s mayor has an ambitious plan to make the city an active partner in getting more housing built. It’s the way things used to work — and still do in some other countries.

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · Jun 12

New anti-fair housing policies proposed by HUD and reported on by @prrac.bsky.social. If you are anywhere near fair housing work, sign up for their newsletter: www.prrac.org/update-sign-...

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks @nlihc.org for getting the word out about the threat to affirmative marketing!

HUD Proposes to Rescind Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations

By Ed Gramlich, Senior Advisor

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Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social · Jun 6

It will take years to clean up this mess, and the damage that happens in the meanwhile will be incalculable. Lots of work for us to do and to prepare for.

US Housing Agency Vulnerable to Fraud After DOGE Cuts, Documents Warn

Departures of hundreds of lawyers put mortgage insurance claims, apartment building sales and other critical agency functions at risk, according to an internal memo.

www.bloomberg.com

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