On December 31, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the approval of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Assessment Tool, as well as the availability of number of documents related to the AFFH final regulation issued in July 2015. The Assessment Tool, which includes instructions and nationally-uniform data provided by …
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HUD Releases “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Final Rule
On July 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a Final Rule outlining the requirements for recipients of HUD funding to address housing discrimination and segregation in their communities. The rule implements a portion of the federal Fair Housing Act that requires HUD, and recipients of certain federal funding, to take …