Fair Housing Assessments

On May 18, 2018, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following press release, announcing their withdrawl of a tool used for local governments to assess their progress in Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. HUD.gov _ U.S. Department of...

How to Lose an FHA Case

Sue a city that already permits a disproportionately large share of the region’s low-income housing; As your primary evidence of both disparate treatment and disparate impact, cite an ordinance requiring rental units to be free of conditions “that would...