Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren hosted a Deep Dive segment in April about the Fair Housing Act on NPR’s The Takeaway. The segment covers the history and current state of fair housing in America, including some of the most pressing fair housing issues facing individuals and communities. The show’s featured guests included: Lisa Rice, President and …
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Fair Housing Project releases updated State of Fair Housing report
Discrimination based on race and disability continued to account for the vast majority of housing discrimination complaints filed in North Carolina in 2020, according to the latest edition of State of Fair Housing in North Carolina, a report by the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina. The report examines North Carolina fair …
HUD Restores Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Requirement
On June 10, 2021, HUD announced the publication of the interim final rule restoring a long-standing Fair Housing Act requirement for recipients of HUD funding to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (“AFFH”). The interim final rule restores the robust definition of the duty to affirmatively further fair housing, originally adopted in 2015. The Fair Housing Act …
HUD Moves to Reinstate the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule and the 2013 Disparate Impact rule
On April 13, 2021, HUD moved to reinstate two key fair housing regulations: the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule and the 2013 Disparate Impact rule. The 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (“AFFH”) rule set out fair housing requirements for state and local governments that receive HUD funding. Among these were that these HUD funding …
President Biden Directs HUD to Review Recent Fair Housing Rules
On January 26, 2021, President Biden issued an “Memorandum on Redressing Our Nation’s and the Federal Government’s History of Discriminatory Housing Practices and Policies” directing HUD to review two recent fair housing rules. The first of these rules, “Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice” rule, went into effect on August 7, 2020, and replaced HUD’s 2015 …
HUD’s New Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing and Disparate Impact Rules
In September and October 2020, two new rules issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) went into effect. Both rules replace policies that had been adopted during the Obama administration. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule On September 8, 2020, HUD’s new “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule took effect. The …
HUD Seeks Comments on “Streamlining” Fair Housing Regulation
On August 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a notice asking for public comments regarding “streamlining and enhanc[ing]” HUD’s “affirmatively furthering fair housing” (AFFH) regulation. Comments to HUD in response to the notice are due by October 15, 2018. HUD’s AFFH regulation was finalized on July 16, 2015, and …
HUD Delays Implementation of AFFH Rule Until At Least October 2020
January 5, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is delaying implementation of a rule intended to address housing discrimination and segregation in local communities across the country. Implementation of the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AHHF) rule, which was adopted in July 2015, will be postponed until …
HUD, Guidance on Review of Assessments of Fair Housing
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North Carolina Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) Schedule
The National Low Income Housing Coalition has released a series of documents listing the schedules for state and local governments to complete Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) reports in North Carolina and around the country. Under HUD’s 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, recipients of certain HUD funding are required to complete an AFH to …