Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who co-authored the 1968 Fair Housing Act and was a staunch civil rights supporter, passed away Monday, April 20, 2021, at age 93.
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Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) took action to reinstate the critical 2013 Discriminatory Effects Rule which helps prevent discriminatory practices, and restore crucial portions of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule which ensures that communities that receive federal funds take steps to eliminate barriers to fair housing.
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Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it would enforce the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. HUD made the announcement in response to the executive orders previously signed by President Biden late last month.
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) released a new proposed rule to change the affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) rule of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). This new proposal aims to set back years of progress by no longer enforcing meaningful community participation in the AFFH process. Without the crucial input of local community members who face housing inequalities, the new rule eliminates the main elements of accountability meant to address discrimination and inequality.
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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.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a proposed rule change that would severely weaken the “disparate impact” protection under the Fair Housing Act, which requires banks, landlords and other housing providers to choose policies that apply fairly to all persons.
Fair housing laws protect minorities from discrimination, but they haven’t eliminated bad behavior in the lending and housing industries.
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In 2017, the number of reported housing discrimination complaints increased slightly to 28,843, according to the report. Of these, HUD processed 1,311.
The Great Recession reduced the African-American homeownership rate to levels not seen since housing discrimination was legal in the 1960s.
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Today, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Fair Housing Act, considered the largest civil rights victory in history, and passed seven days after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in memoriam of his life’s work. In commemoration, leaders from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition made the following statements.
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Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law, the bill has failed to deliver on its key tenet: creating an integrated society.
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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.
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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).
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