Tag: Fair housing
HUD Announces New Partnership with North Carolina Central University to Strengthen America’s Fair Housing...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new partnership with North Carolina Central University (NCCU), a public historically Black university...
How to assess a resident’s request for an emotional support animal
Multifamily housing providers are faced with increasing requests from residents with disabilities for emotional support animals (ESA). Requests for ESAs are generating more enforcement...
HUD Announces Agreement with Affordable Rental Housing Provider for Shore Hill Apartments to Increase...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has entered a Voluntary Compliance Agreement for Shore Hill Apartments resolving a...
Seattle’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance largely upheld
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down one provision of Seattle’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance while leaving key...
Planning the future of New York housing
New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State report for 2020 identifies a number of goals and proposes several programs to improve access...
HUD awards over $40 million to fight housing discrimination
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $40.8 million to support dozens of fair housing organizations working to help end housing...
HUD issues improved Fair Housing rule
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published its proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which offers clearer guidance to states and local...
HUD proposes new disparate impact regulations
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a sweeping proposed rule on August 1 seeking to amend HUD’s interpretation of...
HUD and John Marshall Law School team up to launch National Fair Housing Training...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is partnering with the John Marshall Law School in Chicago and...
HUD seeks to revise AFFH rules
On August 13, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking inviting public comments on proposed changes...
HUD approves agreement settling housing discrimination complaint against two San Francisco real estate companies
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has approved a Voluntary Compliance/Conciliation Agreement settling a complaint filed by...
Fair Housing 50 years later
The Fair Housing Act turned 50 this year. The charter that began with government-mandated racially-balanced communities has paved the way for today’s organically derived...
HUD charges two Ohio companies with discriminating against residents with disabilities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged two Ohio corporations, Epcon Communities, Inc., and Epcon Communities...
HUD approves agreement resolving allegations of housing discrimination involving two California apartment complexes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it has approved a Conciliation Agreement between the Fair Housing Council of Riverside...
Seattle to appeal rejection of first-in-time law
The Seattle Times reports that Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes will appeal the ruling which declared the city's first-in-time, first-in-line renter protection law to...