HUD Announces Final Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing - July 8, 2015

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a final rule today to equip communities that receive HUD funding with data and tools to help them meet long-standing fair housing obligations in their use of HUD funds. HUD will also provide additional guidance and technical assistance to facilitate local decision-making on fair housing priorities and goals for affordable housing and community development.

HUD’s rule clarifies and simplifies existing fair housing obligations and creates a streamlined Assessment of Fair Housing planning process, which will help communities analyze challenges to fair housing choice and establish their own goals and priorities to address the fair housing barriers in their community.  While the final rule will take effect 30 days after publication, it will not be fully implemented immediately.  HUD will provide support to program participants that need to complete an Assessment of Fair Housing to ensure they understand the process and to identify best practices across a diverse group of communities.

To learn more about the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule visit: www.hud.gov/AFFH.

Click here to read the full announcement on HUD's website.