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HUD intends to publish a final rule in the Federal Register that rescinds the Department's 2020 rule governing Fair Housing Act disparate impact claims and restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule. HUD emphasizes in the Final Rule that the 2013 rule is more consistent with how the Fair...
CLPHA will host a Zoom meeting on Thursday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET on the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. During the meeting we will provide members with an overview of the proposed rule and its key provisions. We will also review the questions...
HUD will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) in the Federal Register on January 20, 2023. This proposed AFFH rule primarily builds on the 2015 AFFH rule and contains several improvements. Public comments will be due by Tuesday, March 21...
Last week, HUD released a notice for Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Definitions and Certifications. The purpose of this notice is to reinstate the previous 2015 AFFH rule and processes that were repealed and replaced without a ...
On Tuesday, January 26, President Biden issued a memo for the incoming HUD Secretary directing HUD to take steps to redress the nation and federal government's history of discriminatory housing practices and policies.
The memo outlines the history of discrimination in...
Today, HUD issued two notices in the pre-publication Federal Register on its new Disparate Impact standard and PBV data collection.
Disparate Impact Rule
HUD’s notice on its new final Disparate Impact rule, which HUD made publicly available on its...
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Washington, D.C. (September 8, 2020) – Council of Large Public Housing Authorities Executive Director Sunia Zaterman released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “...
On August 18, CLPHA Executive Director Sunia Zaterman sent the following letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal's opinions page refuting the many false claims made by President Trump and Secretary Carson in their recent op-ed defending the Trump Administration's elimination of the...
The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities has endorsed H.R. 4351, the Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Act. The YIMBY Act, originally co-sponsored by Representatives Denny Heck (D-WA) and Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN), is a bipartisan housing bill that seeks to...
On August 7, HUD published its new final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule in the Federal Register, entitled “Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice.” This new rule, published without a proposed rule giving the public opportunity to...