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By: Tushar Gurjal, Senior Policy Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mid-January, HUD issued pre-publication copies of two notices in the Federal Register<\/em> titled “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing; Withdrawal<\/a>” and “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing; Withdrawal<\/a>” respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) proposed rule would have created a planning process and an enforcement mechanism to ensure that certain program participants complied with the duty to affirmatively further fair housing. The Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing rule would have modified how admissions and termination regulations impacted people with a history of involvement with the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For each of these topics, if HUD wants to issue a new regulation, it must do so with a new notice of proposed rulemaking and subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pre-publication copy of the AFFH withdrawal can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pre-publication copy of the Reducing Barriers proposed rule withdrawal can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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