PD&R Quarterly In-Person & Virtual Update on Source of Income Discrimination will be on July 25th

 

On Thursday, July 25th, HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R) will host a hybrid PD&R Quarterly Update on source of income (SOI) discrimination and laws. Over the past 20 years, evidence of discrimination against housing choice voucher holders has grown. Over half of voucher households live in states and localities that have adopted ordinances to prevent this kind of discrimination - such as Maryland. Go to the Source of Income Protections for Housing Choice Voucher Holders website of HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing to see jurisdictions that have adopted SOI protections.

Thursday, July 25, 2024
2:00-4:00 pm ET
Hybrid Event
HUD Headquarters
451 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20410

                                             

Attending this HUD event will be researchers, municipal and state government officials, and fair housing practitioners. They will discuss recent passage of local anti-discrimination ordinances; evaluate research about the impacts of these anti-discrimination laws; and discuss challenges to the enforcement of these ordinances.

Data Spotlight - Veronica Helms Garrison, Analyst, PD&R/HUD

Panel Discussion: Overview of Source of Income Protections and What the Research Tells Us About Their Effectiveness - Panelists are:

• Martha Galvez, Executive Director, Housing Solutions Lab at the Furman Center, NYU.
• Philip Tegeler, Executive Director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC).
• Dan Teles, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute.
• Moderator: Dr. Calvin Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring, PD&R/HUD.

Panel Discussion: Lessons from State and Local Implementation - Panelists are:

• Adria Crutchfield, Executive Director, Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership.
• Sandra Park, Chief of the Civil Rights Bureau, New York State Office of the Attorney General.
• Manon Vergerio, Co-Founder and Head of Data & Advocacy, Unlock NYC.
• Moderator: Chang Chiu, Chief of Staff for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD.

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Source: Read the July 25, 2024 HUD announcement.

HUD Releases Historical Analysis of Place-Based & Mobility Housing Programs

"Housing Programs and Racial Segregation: The Role of Place-Based and Mobility Programs"

by Peter J. Mateyka, Survey Statistician, Housing and Demographic Analysis Division, PD&R (2023-present).

HUD User has just released a detailed historical analysis on place-based and mobility housing programs regarding the goal of racially desegregating housing.

"Overcoming racial segregation in housing is part of the Fair Housing Act of 1968's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) mandate. Over the past 50 years, the Office of Policy Development and Research's (PD&R's) work has expanded our understanding of the relationships between HUD's housing programs and racial segregation and how HUD can design housing programs that meet the AFFH mandate of overcoming segregation, promoting fair choice, and creating inclusive communities. The research and data on HUD programs and racial segregation that PD&R produces and disseminates highlight the department's successes, failures, and challenges in the pursuit of fair housing for all. 

HUD’s housing programs include place-based programs and housing mobility programs, both of which take different approaches to connecting underserved households to quality housing. Place-based programs focus on community development through revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. Mobility programs provide subsidies to underserved households that allow them to move to high-opportunity neighborhoods with better employment and educational opportunities and lower crime rates. HUD’s proposed 2023 revisions to its AFFH rule incorporate both place-based and housing mobility approaches:

Affirmatively furthering fair housing can involve both bringing investments to improve the housing, infrastructure, and community assets in underserved communities as well as enabling families to seek greater opportunity by moving to areas of the community that already enjoy better community infrastructure and community assets.

This article reviews the history of PD&R's work on HUD's place-based and housing mobility initiatives and discusses how this work has enhanced our understanding of the relationship between housing policy and racial segregation and advanced the AFFH mandate's goal of reducing residential segregation.

Mobility programs provide subsidies to underserved households, allowing them to move to opportunity neighborhoods with better employment and educational chances, and lower crime."

The report concludes:

"PD&R’s work over the past 50 years has contributed to a better understanding of the relationship between housing programs and racial segregation, which has, in turn, helped HUD design place-based and housing mobility program designs that better adhere to its AFFH mandate to overcome segregation, promote fair choice, and create inclusive communities, However, declines in neighborhood racial segregation among all U.S. households have slowed in recent decades. Although recent HUD programs often have improved outcomes for neighborhoods and individuals, they have had mixed success at reducing racial segregation in public housing and increasing neighborhood integration for those receiving housing assistance. A promising development is HUD’s recent revisions to its AFFH mandate, which allows HUD to consider the role of race in the initial planning and design of housing programs. One of PD&R’s contributions to AFFH planning is supporting the development of a publicly released data tool that can help localities identify patterns of racial segregation and differences in neighborhood opportunity and incorporate this information into fair housing strategies."

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Source: Read the October 17, 2023 HUD User report.