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Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) has introduced Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018 (H.R. 6220), which would require the HUD Secretary to implement the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule. The bill would also reinstate the Local Government Assessment Tool that assists jurisdictions in complying with the AHH rule and to conduct a
review of fair housing complaints, submitted via an online platform, and report the resolution of complaints to Congress. H.R. 6220 would also codify HUD’s mission to include language referring to “inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination” and require the HUD Secretary to reissue a Federal Register notice regarding a proposal to require owners and operators of HUD-funded homeless shelters to post a notice informing individuals of their rights under HUD’s “Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs” rule. (Mortgage Professional America, Francis Monfort, 06/29/18)
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) announced that New York is moving to intervene in the lawsuit, National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson, over allegations that HUD has failed to enforce the Fair Housing Act. Specifically, the litigants are attempting to block HUD from unnecessarily delaying implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule’s requirement for an Assessment of Fair Housing.
New York will support its intervention in the lawsuit by submitting evidence that demonstrates that HUD’s failure to adequately enforce the Fair Housing Act will harm residents and communities
in New York State. HUD has abdicated its statutory requirement to administer its programs in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing for years to come, argues the state in its motion.
“As a former HUD Secretary, it is unconscionable to me that the agency entrusted to protect against housing discrimination is abdicating its responsibility, and New York will not stand by and allow the federal government to undo decades of progress in housing rights,” said Cuomo. “The right to rent or buy housing free from discrimination is fundamental under the law, and we must do everything in our power to protect those rights and fight segregation in our communities.” (Mortgage Professional America, Francis Monfort, 05/16/18)
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