Tag Archives: Fair Housing Act

The rule expands upon HUD’s previous policy, implementing opportunities for transparency and accountability while bolstering economic equity for American families.

HUD has announced three Plano, Texas landlords will pay damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees totaling $140,649 for violating the Fair Housing Act after refusing to rent to a Black woman because of her race.

Enforcing the nation’s fair housing laws and policies under the Fair Housing Act, HUD has announced that the most recent grants available will support fair housing education and outreach, testing, and enforcement activities through the Department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

Settlement with mortgage lender for $22 million-plus marks the first redlining settlement that the CFPB and DOJ has reached with a non-bank entity.

In two separate cases, HUD has reached agreements in Massachusetts and California with several parties in settling housing discrimination claims.

Eleven Senators call upon HUD and CFPB after a report suggested that Black and Hispanic borrowers were less likely to be approved for refis.

The new rule prohibits the eviction of tenants facing eviction for non-payment of rent from HUD-subsidized public housing and properties with project-based rental assistance in the event of a national emergency.

Homeowners have an enormous advantage over renters when it comes to accumulating wealth, and this can have substantial consequences.

“Now, the same discrimination that the Supreme Court has said is illegal in the workplace is also illegal in the housing market," the Department's General Counsel told reporters.

Following HUD's announcement of the Department’s final rule on the disparate impact standard under the Fair Housing Act, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-California) has called on President Trump and HUD Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson to reconsider. Suggesting ...