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Experts on housing law discuss the potential repercussions of a recent Supreme Court decision that struck down the EPA’s authority in limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Could conservative judges apply the […]

Repudiating the requirement to affirmatively further fair housing is another example of this administration’s race baiting and disregard for both the spirit and the letter of the law.

The president-elect’s cabinet picks so far have been controversial, often alarming. What might that mean for housing?

[…] (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have introduced bills in their respective chambers to dismantle the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) adopted in […]

[…] regularly submitted to HUD for review. In many cases, merely completing the AI satisfied the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) requirement of the Fair Housing Act. The result, exemplified by the numerous lawsuits […]

[…] content requirements. Such acceptance, however, does not imply a certification that the recipient is satisfactorily affirmatively furthering fair housing. Some Key Issues in Implementing the AFFH Rule Beyond the issue of what sanctions […]

Last year it seemed like a new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule was imminent, but it never happened. And now it’s late enough in the term that if it were finalized, next year’s […]

Plucked from New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development, Shaun Donovan is leading the effort to make the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development into a relevant, […]

[…] and what steps there are left to be taken. Miriam Axel-Lute: Congratulations on finalizing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulations. They were much anticipated. What are the next steps at HUD in terms […]

Grassroots organizers have used the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule to strengthen communities in the past. These examples show what we should advocate for in a new AFFH rule. 

If Amazon is going to be a good neighbor, it must do the following, at the very least, to mitigate against impediments to fair housing.

[…] disparate impact as a legal argument in fair housing cases and HUD’s release of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule to help communities meet fair housing obligations.  Many fair housing advocates promote […]