HUD Dials Back Fair Housing Reporting Rules
Published Date: 3/3/2025
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Summary
Starting April 2, 2025, HUD is updating how it checks that housing programs promote fair housing. Instead of strict rules, grantees just need to show they took some reasonable steps to fight housing discrimination. This change affects local governments and housing groups, making it easier to comply without specific reports, but they still must support fair housing as required by law.
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Easier fair-housing certification standard
Starting April 2, 2025, HUD will accept a grantee's certification that it will "affirmatively further fair housing" if the grantee took any action during the relevant period that is rationally related to promoting fair housing. HUD removes the prior requirement to conduct a specific Analysis of Impediments or mandate any particular fair-housing planning mechanism, though grantees must still comply with the Fair Housing Act.
Removal of required race/ethnicity needs comparison
Effective April 2, 2025, HUD removes the regulatory paragraphs at Sec. 91.205(b)(2) and Sec. 91.305(b)(2) that required local and state governments to compare whether needs of any racial or ethnic group are disproportionately greater than other listed categories. HUD states this removal gives local communities more flexibility and eliminates those specific reporting and monitoring requirements.
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