🔎 Poverty & Race Research Action Council - PRRAC
@PRRAC_DC
Followers
3K
Following
7K
Media
488
Statuses
4K
PRRAC is a civil rights organization dedicated to promoting research-based advocacy addressing structural racial and economic inequality
Washington, DC
Joined November 2011
Trump's fascist takeover of DC "sets the stage for rounding up folks who are homeless, folks with mental health issues, folks who are disabled, & instead of helping them, forcing them into detention camps & institutions." @jesserbnwtz
rollingstone.com
The president threatened to relocate homeless people outside of Washington, D.C., and crack down on crime in the nation's capital.
3
17
31
🚨 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 🔽
2
7
11
"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 and their leadership on this critical issue. https://t.co/zeOj0uTfLq
hawaiipublicradio.org
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.
0
1
2
Our #HousingMobility2025 award ceremony will honor the brilliant 45-year career of @ekjulian1 and the memory of Alex Polikoff, two civil rights champions. Register for the Conference to honor their dedication and achievements! https://t.co/hXaAM41vgh
0
1
2
Thanks @NLIHC for getting the word out about the threat to affirmative marketing! https://t.co/LkmwcnDF0x
nlihc.org
By Ed Gramlich, Senior Advisor
0
0
1
Affirmative marketing is key to ensuring that our federally-assisted housing programs live up to their potential to advance civil rights.
0
0
0
Check out our explainer on a proposed rule that HUD published yesterday that threatens to roll back nearly 50 years of progress.
prrac.org
Link to the pdf of this document.
1
2
2
Excellent piece from our Board Chair @OlatiJ on the weaponization of Title VI and how attacks on racial equity are unmoored from what the Supreme Court actually held in SFFA. https://t.co/KtmGKnxVWE
knightcolumbia.org
0
1
1
The principle has been fundamental to ending “practices that perpetuate inequalities in our society that have their roots in Jim Crow, redlining and the state-sanctioned discrimination of the past.”
0
0
1
“It’s critical we have disparate impact to fight against race discrimination,” said Thomas Silverstein, executive director of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, who is watching at least a dozen housing and lending cases that could fall apart without it.
For decades, the fed’l gov’t used data analysis - known as disparate impact - to ferret out discrimination, winning cases and reaching settlements in housing, education, policing + more. Now the Trump admin is unwinding those cases. w/ @juleswapo
https://t.co/jriX4DDZ28
1
4
4
Registration for #HousingMobility2025 is now open! Join us in Chicago this fall for one, two, or three days of learning, connecting, and collaborating. Register now! https://t.co/iCmjzFYeeq
0
1
1
.@PRRAC_DC’s @T_Silverstein on Trump’s legally dubious efforts at rolling back civil rights: 🔗 https://t.co/O62lEZMZlg
0
1
1
“This order aims to destroy the foundation of civil rights protections in this country, and it will have a devastating effect on equity for Black people and other communities of color,” said Dariely Rodriguez (@LawyersComm) https://t.co/bXfjaRGOmH
nytimes.com
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to halt their use of “disparate-impact liability,” which has been used to assess whether policies discriminate against different groups.
0
0
0
Trump's budget proposal: ❌ Slashes rental assistance ❌ Guts public housing ❌ Kneecaps fair housing enforcement ❌ Cuts homelessness services A budget is a moral document. Trump’s says: "Eat sh*t and die."
0
9
14
"Several major cities and housing organizations situated within them — including Boston, Cleveland and Seattle — have expressed alarm about the proposal" 🔗 https://t.co/RfC6rbeiFN
0
1
1
Good time at #HousingIs2025, ending w The Power of Place, Helping Housing Mobility Programs Transform Educational Outcomes. HCV families should be able to choose a home based on their preferred school--just like higher-income families do. Mobility programs can make this happen!
0
2
2
Our Executive Director @T_Silverstein explains why the Trump administration's attack on our civil rights statutes' disparate impact standard is contrary to law, fairness & commonsense in Slate. https://t.co/KEGtdryrA9
slate.com
Taking us back 60 years.
1
3
6
NLIHC is calling on advocates to act with the fierce urgency of now to protect vital HUD programs and staff! https://t.co/dzyQ6TnK51
2
15
17
Download "Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing: A Toolkit" here
allianceforhousingjustice.org
Learn to use your state’s Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) to put LITHC to use for housing justice & align public spending with the basic principles of social housing.
0
0
1