HUD Announces Revisions to Fair Housing Act Regulations
What: On April 2, 2025, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published an interim final rule that revises HUD’s regulation governing the Fair Housing Act’s mandate that the Secretary administer HUD’s program and activities to affirmatively further fair housing.
This interim final rule supports an understanding that the Fair Housing Act and HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule provides a general commitment that grantees will take active steps to promote fair housing. This interim final rule is intended to prevent housing discrimination based on all protected classes by not providing preferences based on racial or ethnic characteristics. This interim final rule is also narrowly focused to meet the directive of Executive Order 14192.
Why: HUD invites public comment, specifically on this interim final rule’s consistency with HUD’s statutory authority and recent Supreme Court decisions.
HUD will also consider all comments related to the appropriate implementation of the affirmatively furthering fair housing mandate.
Action: HUD’s interim final rule and request for comments is published in the Federal Register. Comments are due to HUD on or before May 2, 2025.
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE:
Read the Federal Register notice and provide comments.
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Will Purcell
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