Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications
June 10, 2021

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Streamlining and Enhancements
August 13, 2018

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Withdrawal of Notice Extending the Deadline for Submission of Assessment of Fair Housing for Consolidated Plan Participants 
May 18, 2018

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Withdrawal of the Assessment Tool for Local Governments
May 18, 2018

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH): Responsibility to Conduct Analysis of Impediments
May 18, 2018

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool for Public Housing Agencies: Announcement of Final Approved Document
January 12, 2017

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Announcement of Renewal of Approval of the Assessment Tool for Local Governments
​January 12, 2017

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Guidebook
December 31, 2015

Guidance on HUD’S Review of Assessments of Fair Housing

Assessment of Fair Housing Tool for States and Insular Areas

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool: Solicitation for Comments
September 26, 2014

Fair Housing Assessment Tool

HUD Proposed Rule: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
July 19, 2013

HUD Proposed Rule: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Background Materials and Prototype Geospatial Tool
Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Draft Assessment Tool for Local Governments and PHAs Working with Local Governments

NCSHA Comments on the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool
 

 

Disparate Impact Regulations:

Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard
June 24, 2021

HUD Final Rule: Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard

HUD Proposed Rule: Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Discriminatory Effects Standard
November 6, 2011

Litigation Involving HFAs:

Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs:

Decision Reversed: Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs
August 26, 2016

Defendants/Appellants Brief in Support of Appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
June 25, 2015

Effect of QAP Incentives on the Location of LIHTC Properties 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, May 5, 2015

Is Disparate Impact Having Any Impact? An Appellate Analysis of Forty Years of Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act
Stacy E. Seicshnaydre, American University Law Review, 2013

U.S. District Court Memorandum Opinion and Order
August 2012

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit and Racial Segregation
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, May 2, 2011

 

Communities Project vs. Treasury and OCC:

ICP V. Treasury Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint
October 30, 2015

ICP v. Treasury Initial Complaint
August 22, 2014

 

Baltimore Regional Housing Campaign v. State of Maryland:

Housing Discrimination Complaint
August 2011

 

Fair Share Housing Center v. New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency:

In Re Adoption of the 2003 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plan
April 2004

 

Asylum Hill v. Connecticut HFA:

Superior Court Opinion
February 21, 2006

 

Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. 

U.S. Supreme Court: Petitioners’ Opening Brief
August 26, 2013

 

Other Fair Housing Research:

Creating Balance in the Locations of LIHTC Developments: The Role of Qualified Allocation Plans
PRAAC and ABT Associates, February, 2013

Affordable Housing Dilemma: The Preservation vs. Mobility Debate
National Low Income Housing Coalition, May 2012

 

Panel Discussion: Fair Housing Implications of LIHTC Property Placement (HUD Office of Policy Development & Research Briefing (March 2012):

• Webcast
• Panelist Power Point Presentation
• Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties (Casey Dawkins)  
   

Critiquing the Critique: Analyzing a Report on the Housing Credit Program
Mark Shelburne, 2008

Are States Using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit to Enable Families with Children to Live in Low Poverty and Racially Integrated Neighborhoods?
Abt Associates, July 28, 2006