Department of Housing and Urban Development June 25, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

HUD is revising its existing HOME Program PRA to reflect additional funding appropriated for the HOME program under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) (ARP). HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

In 2020, HUD published a rule titled ``HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard'' (``2020 Rule''). Prior to the effective date of the 2020 rule, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction in Massachusetts Fair Housing Center v. HUD, staying HUD's implementation and enforcement of the rule. Consequently, the 2020 Rule never took effect. After reconsidering the 2020 Rule, HUD is proposing to recodify its previously promulgated rule titled, ``Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Discriminatory Effects Standard'' (``2013 Rule''), which, as of the date of publication of this Proposed Rule, remains in effect due to the preliminary injunction. HUD believes the 2013 Rule better states Fair Housing Act jurisprudence and is more consistent with the Fair Housing Act's remedial purposes.