HUD, Trump and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

HUD terminates Obama-era housing rule that Trump warned would 'destroy' home values
The Trump administration rescinded the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which mandated that localities commission extensive analyses to certify that new housing developments do not exacerbate disparities among federally protected groups.
HUD secretary announcing elimination of rule Trump warned would ‘destroy the value of houses’
Secretary Scott Turner said he would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on Wednesday, repealing the law which was
HUD Secretary Turner to scrap costly federal zoning rule Trump warned would ‘destroy’ suburbs
WASHINGTON — Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced the elimination Wednesday of a costly Obama- and Biden-era federal zoning rule that President Trump warned would “ destroy ” suburban neighborhoods nationwide.
Trump administration ends Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is eliminating an Obama-era rule that became a lightning rod during the 2020 election.
New Trump administration repeals fair housing rule again
The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, first introduced during the Obama administration and brought back by Biden, was unworkable, opponents said.
HUD terminates resurrected Obama-era affordable housing rule
It is the end of the road for another Biden-era rule, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which said the rule diminished the country’s affordable housing supply. The 2021 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule was “in effect a ‘zoning tax,
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HUD Secretary Scott Turner Axes Biden-Era AFFH Rule, Frees Localities From Federal Zoning Overreach
Secretary Scott Turner announced Wednesday the termination of the Biden administration’s 2021 Affirmatively Furthering Fair ...
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HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Won’t Alleviate Urban Poverty
Trump DOJ Is Explicitly Political in Dropping Case Against Mayor Adams Trump Would Need Eight Years Senator Chris Murphy’s Embarrassing DOGE Paranoia Trump Repeats His Steel Tariff Mistake The ...
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HUD announces launch of DOGE task force, targets AFFH rule
“HUD will be detailed and deliberate ... was positioning the department to once again rollback the affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) rule, which was originally enacted during the ...
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Trump scraps Biden-era fair housing rule
Had the 2021 rule been finalized, HUD would have been required ... a locality’s self-certification that it is affirmatively furthering fair housing in accordance with the 1968 Fair ...
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Attention America’s Suburbs: You Have Just Been Annexed
AFFH obligates any local jurisdiction that receives HUD funding to conduct a detailed analysis of its housing occupancy by race, ethnicity, national origin, English proficiency, and class (among ...