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The headquarters office is responsible for proposing fair housing legislation; working with other government agencies on fair housing issues; reviewing and making comments on proposed rules, handbooks, legislation, draft reports, and notices of funding availability from other departments within HUD; interpret policy, process complaints, perform ...
Any person with a disability who believes that have been discriminated against in a HUD-funded program or activity may file a complaint with HUD under Section 504. A complaint can be filed with HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. [16] If a person with disabilities feels subject to discrimination in a housing situation that does ...
There have been calls for HUD to use disparate impact as a measure of housing discrimination. HUD's disparate impact rule was strengthened in 2013 and upheld in a court case in 2015. However, in 2020, HUD issued its final disparate impact rule, which shifted the burden of proof of discrimination to the victims of housing discrimination. [18]
The lawsuit, filed against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is asking a federal court to "correct conflicts" between government-created regulations that require ...
Tonya Lightner, who worked for Inlivian from 2005 to 2021, filed her lawsuit against the housing authority and its senior vice president of program operations, Monica Nathan, in U.S. District ...
Section 8 housing vouchers provide housing assistance for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals or families. [1] The term “source of income discrimination” is used by housing advocates [2] to describe a phenomenon that is legal nationwide in the United States but is increasingly being banned on the state [3] and city level.
“I am directing the HUD staff to halt any pending or future enforcement actions related to HUD’s 2016 equal access rule, which in essence tied housing programs, shelters and other facilities ...
This disparate treatment of a person on the housing market can be based on group characteristics or on the place where a person lives. [1] The most straightforward form of housing discrimination involves a landlord who rejects offers from potential tenants based on factors such as race, age, gender, marital status, source of funding, [2] and ...