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Rep. Maxine Waters takes strong stand for Fair Housing:

            Senator Maxine Water’s has introduced CRL, H.R. 6220., this bill is a response to the actions of Secretary of HUD Ben Carson.  Carson has proposed cutting the HUD budget by 1 billion dollars, increased rental fees, has removed fair housing language from their mission statement, and has suspended the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. Senator Water’s proposed bill is intended to restore HUD’s fair housing agenda. This restoration entails: the adding the fair housing language to the mission statement, restoring “HUD’s AFFH rule as soon as practically possible following the bill’s enactment; HUD’s Local Government Assessment Tool that helps state and local jurisdictions to comply with the AFFH rule within 30 days of enactment; and a requirement that the HUD Secretary report to Congress a Secretary-directed review of fair housing complaints that involve an online platform, the addition of  an analysis of trends and risks related to discrimination, steps to address such discrimination, and the status of complaints filed. The legislation also includes a requirement that owners and operators of HUD-funded homeless shelters to post a notice informing clients of their rights under an agency rule regarding gender identity. This rule affects any grantee receiving funding through the agency’s Community Planning and Development program.”

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