HUD Scraps Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Mandates
Published Date: 6/3/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The government is canceling rules that made housing programs fill out special fair housing marketing plans. This change affects anyone using FHA insurance or rental help programs and means less paperwork starting soon. It’s a move to simplify things without changing the goal of fair housing.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Cut for FHA and Rentals
If you participate in an FHA-insured mortgage program or a Multifamily Housing rental assistance program, HUD will no longer require you to complete and submit the HUD form that describes an affirmative fair housing marketing plan. This rescission removes that specific form submission requirement for program participants.
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