The new rule revises the AFFH regulation established in 2015, requiring public housing agencies to report on segregation and discrimination. It reverts to pre-1994 understandings of fair housing, leading critics, including the NFHA, to argue it weakens crucial protections against discrimination. The NFHA and over thirty advocacy groups stress the importance of affirmatively furthering fair housing to create accessible communities. The letter highlights worsening housing discrimination across states, contrasting the current administration's retreat from its obligations under the Fair Housing Act.
The new rule significantly waters down affirmatively furthering fair housing to the point of exacerbating issues impacting the nation's affordable housing crisis.
Imagine a society in which every child and every person can live in a neighborhood with ample affordable and accessible housing... That is what affirmatively furthering fair housing means.
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