Category: Affordably Furthering Fair Housing

Biden Seeks to Bring Back Obama-Era Rule on ‘Fair Housing’ Rescinded by Trump

The Biden administration is looking to restore an Obama-era rule that requires states, counties, and cities receiving federal housing funds to submit “equity plans” to ensure that residential “segregation” within their borders are uprooted—a decision that runs contrary to the Trump administration’s policy that found the rule to be ineffective and complicated. The U.S. Department…


Biden Moves to Revive Obama Plan to Federalize Suburban Zoning Regulations

Buried in the nearly 18,000-word White House Fact Sheet on President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan” infrastructure bill is one paragraph that could turn the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) into a zoning commission for suburban America. “For decades, exclusionary zoning laws—like minimum lot sizes, mandatory parking requirements, and prohibitions…