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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...
On August 15, the National Women’s Leadership Center published a new paper co-authored with Insight Center and The Groundwork Collaborative titled The Roots of Discriminatory Housing Policy: Moving Toward Gender Justice in Our Economy. The report highlights the connections between housing...
This week, CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments on the Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard Proposed Rule, published on June 25, 2021. Last year, CLPHA submitted a letter to HUD demanding a withdrawal of the 2020 rule noting...
This week, CLPHA and our counsel Reno & Cavanaugh submitted comments to HUD regarding the agency's interim final rule “Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications." Our comments applaud HUD's renewed commitment to fair housing...
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 The purpose of this notice is to reinstate the previous 2015 AFFH rule and processes that were repealed and replaced without a ...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...
CLPHA and its legal counsel Reno & Cavanaugh sent a letter to HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson condemning the department's final rule on the disparate impact standard. Just as in CLPHA's and Reno & Cavanaugh's comments on the proposed rule, the letter notes that the final rule...
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 “...