Going Backwards Under This Administration: HUD proposed a new rule, that according to fair housing advocates would significantly weaken efforts to reduce housing discrimination and segregation in the United States. The rule would largely reverse 2015 regulations designed to ensure that housing agencies and communities receiving [HUD] funding fulfill their obligations under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. HUD originally adopted the AFFH rule in 2015, during the Obama administration, to guide compliance efforts related to the Fair Housing Act. According to Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the new proposed rule also conflates fair housing and affordable housing. It presumes that 1) eliminating various regulatory controls will expand the supply of affordable housing; and 2) expanding the supply of affordable housing will solve fair housing problems. Neither presumption is true. Additionally, the proposal let[s] localities off the hook by explicitly stating there wil
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