HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rules will bring long-awaited clarity for markets and much-needed traction for neglected communities.
Housing segregation and discrimination are not bygone issues. They continue, in 2023, to severely limit opportunity and undermine economic justice nationwide.
NCRC Statement On Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule Read More »
Fair housing advocates denounce Trump’s newest effort to eliminate a critical tool to desegregate communities and call on the president to instead concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a pandemic.
Today, President Trump replaced the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule with a much weaker one, and without any public comment process, despite the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule change filed in January.
NCRC statement on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Executive Order Read More »
In a tweet yesterday, President Trump threatened a vital piece of the 1968 Fair Housing Act (FHA). The 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule finally addressed and strengthened the FHA requirement that the government do something to end housing discrimination and segregation.
The poor implementation of affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) has taken a significant toll on the health of African Americans. Therefore, we need to make communities equal to allow all Americans to have a healthy life and a chance to survive after this.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a new AFFH rule that would reverse years of progress by no longer enforcing meaningful community participation in the fair housing planning process.
HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule Would Set Back Years of Progress Read More »
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published today and opened up for public comments a plan to radically change the AFFH rule.
Comment Period for AFFH Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Now Open Read More »
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for changes to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. While the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) is currently analyzing the NPRM, preliminary assessments are concerning. Jesse Van Tol, CEO of NCRC, made the following statement: “This proposal doesn’t
HUD released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to reconsider HUD’s implementation of the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) rule.
HUD launches effort to replace Obama-era rule to end housing segregation Read More »
Undermining another Obama-era initiative, the Trump administration plans to delay enforcement of a federal housing rule that requires communities to address patterns of racial residential segregation.
NYT: Trump Administration Postpones an Obama Fair-Housing Rule Read More »
In a statement, 76 community groups (including NCRC) say that the delaying the rule by one year is tantamount to repealing the rule altogether.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced this week it is suspending the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule until 2020. The AFFH rule was passed in 2015 to provide jurisdictions with a long overdue roadmap and measurement tools to comply with the landmark Fair Housing Act (FHA).Â
HUD suspends AFFH, a key civil rights rule intended to fight housing discrimination Read More »
