Comments on Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications
The undersigned fair housing, affordable housing and civil rights organizations write to you in response to the proposed Interim Final Rule entitled “Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications.” We are heartened to see HUD moving toward restoring a meaningful Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule to better implement the letter and spirit of the Fair Housing Act (“the Act”). This provision of the Fair Housing Act has largely gone unenforced, continuing the harms that have resulted from this nation’s legacy of government-sponsored residential...