Housing policy directly impacts schools. Public schools typically reflect their neighborhood demographics because most students are assigned to schools based on their residence. In 2021, over two thirds of K-12 public school students nationwide attended their neighborhood school. Thus, any serious hope of integrating America's public education…

Federal housing policy continues to rely heavily on the private market and the immense capital at its disposal for the production of low income housing. But among government housing officials and across the broad network of non-profit housing professionals in the U.S., the belief in a "right to housing" is strong, along with a vision of…

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) began tracking civil rights related provisions in state Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs) in 2008, out of concern for a growing concentration of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments in high poverty, segregated neighborhoods, a trend which had already generated fair housing…

The Housing Act of 1949 espoused the goal of "a decent home and a suitable living environment" for all Americans. Nearly 70 years later, significant strides have been made in improving the quality of American homes, but there continue to be large disparities across income and race, especially with respect to neighborhood environments.…