Biden HUD to Require “Equity Plans” From Localities Under Fair Housing Rule

Biden administration will require local and state governments to submit reports “equity plans” The federal government must not fall foul of fairness.
housing
rules.

Thursday’s proposed rule by the Department of Housing and Urban Development would require local governments to submit reports and plans relating to this topic.
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“This proposed rule is a major step towards fulfilling the law’s full promise and advancing our legal, ethical, and moral charge to provide equitable access to opportunity for all,” Marcia Fudge, Secretary of HUD, said the following:

These new requirements are part of a rule called “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” These are reasonable because they comply with a 1968 Fair Housing Act provision that required localities “affirmatively further” Fair housing is a solution to historical segregation.

An original version of this rule was implemented by the Obama administration. It was then repealed under former President Donald Trump who tried to portray it during his 2020 campaign as part of a war against the suburbs. Trump’s attack on the rule
overrode earlier efforts
Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He proposed to change the rule to encourage localities not to discourage segregation but to ease zoning restrictions.

The Biden administration
had partially restored
The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule was adopted in June 2013 but the compliance portion of the rule had been withheld. Thursday’s update follows through on that aspect of the measure.

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New is the requirement that local governments submit equity plans as part of the compliance process. This is in contrast to the Obama version.

Each five-year period, the housing authorities must submit equity plans which include: “analysis of fair housing issues confronting their communities, goals, and strategies to remedy those issues in concrete ways, and a description of community engagement.” The analyses should then be included in their planning documents.

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