{"id":6547,"date":"2023-03-20T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2023-03-20T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T16:42:20","slug":"the-national-fair-housing-alliance-applauds-hud-for-reinstating-key-fair-housing-rule-to-advance-justice-and-fairness-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/the-national-fair-housing-alliance-applauds-hud-for-reinstating-key-fair-housing-rule-to-advance-justice-and-fairness-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Fair Housing Alliance Applauds HUD for Reinstating Key Fair Housing Rule to Advance Justice and Fairness for All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">March 20, 2023&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Contact: Izzy Woodruff | 202-898-1661 | <a href=\"mailto:iwoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iwoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>Today, Lisa Rice, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), issued the following statement praising HUD\u2019s move to reinstate a critical fair housing regulation: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cNFHA applauds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for restoring critical civil rights protections for millions of people and safeguarding fairness in housing and financial services. The <em>Restoring HUD&#8217;s Discriminatory Effects Standard Rule<\/em> (Final Rule) rescinds HUD\u2019s 2020 rule governing Fair Housing Act disparate impact claims and restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule. Disparate impact functions to eliminate policies that wrongly keep people from obtaining safe housing and accessing opportunities and services like homeowners\u2019 insurance, mortgage loans, and fair appraisals. Discriminatory policies and practices make it more difficult for survivors of domestic violence, families with children, and returning veterans to obtain or keep housing. They also undermine our shared interest in ensuring that housing and financial services opportunities are available to every individual, regardless of their personal characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cThe Final Rule reinstates the disparate impact standard promulgated by HUD in 2013 and reinforces the criteria established by the Supreme Court in the 2015 Inclusive Communities decision. It also codifies long standing judicial and federal agency consensus regarding discriminatory effects law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cConfirming that disparate impact liability exists under the Fair Housing Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, \u2018Much progress remains to be made in our Nation\u2019s continuing struggle against racial isolation. . . &nbsp;The Court acknowledges the Fair Housing Act\u2019s continuing role in moving the Nation toward a more integrated society.\u2019 Disparate impact is needed now more than ever to serve as a beacon of opportunity and combat algorithmic bias, appraisal discrimination, redlining, and other discriminatory practices and policies. HUD\u2019s new Final Rule serves as an indispensable tool in this \u2018struggle\u2019 to achieve a just society where housing and financial services markets are free from discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cIn taking this action, HUD heeded the feedback from technology experts; top mortgage lenders; and other industry leaders, including the Business Roundtable; as well as civil rights advocates, who asked the Trump administration to re-think and pause its plans to go forward with putting the 2020 Rule in place. The Trump administration\u2019s Disparate Impact Standard Rule would have made it effectively impossible for people to challenge housing and financial services policies that might seem neutral on their face but in fact have an unfair and discriminatory impact on certain groups, like people with disabilities, families with children, women, or Native Americans. HUD\u2019s action ensures that everyone has a fair shot at the opportunities we all need to live successful lives and carries us forward on the road to justice and fairness for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">The Final Rule on <em>Restoring HUD&#8217;s Discriminatory Effects Standard<\/em> is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/sites\/dfiles\/FHEO\/documents\/6251-F-02_Discriminatory_Effects_Final_Rule_3-17-23.pdf\">https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/sites\/dfiles\/FHEO\/documents\/6251-F-02_Discriminatory_Effects_Final_Rule_3-17-23.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\">###&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong><em>The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)<\/em><\/strong><em> is the country\u2019s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. As the trade association for over 170 fair housing and justice-centered organizations and individuals throughout the U.S. and its territories, NFHA works to dismantle longstanding barriers to equity and build diverse, inclusive, well-resourced communities.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&nbsp;&nbsp; March 20, 2023&nbsp; Contact: Izzy Woodruff | 202-898-1661 | iwoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Lisa Rice, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), issued the following statement praising HUD\u2019s move to reinstate a critical fair housing regulation: \u201cNFHA applauds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,2],"tags":[71,135,44,45],"class_list":["post-6547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-media","category-press-releases","tag-appraisal-bias","tag-disparate-impact","tag-fair-housing","tag-fair-lending"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The National Fair Housing Alliance Applauds HUD for Reinstating Key Fair Housing Rule to Advance Justice and Fairness for All - NFHA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&nbsp;&nbsp; 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