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Credit: Black Space Agency series, Black Quantum Futurism (2018)
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing is a Pathway to Our Housing Futures
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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just announced a new housing provision that could be a critical tool in communities’ work towards new housing futures. The AFFH provision
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requires HUD and certain recipients of public federal funds to show how they’re using that money to actively correct housing inequities. Now that HUD has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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, there will be a 60-day comment period
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before the proposed rule is finalized, giving us the opportunity to make it the strongest yet.
Spread the word by downloading the AFFH Social Media Toolkit
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!
What is the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule?
The AFFH is a provision of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 which says that just outlawing the worst of housing discrimination is not enough to undo decades of racial inequity built into our housing system. The AFFH provision requires HUD or any entity that receives public federal funds to show how they’re using that money to actively correct housing inequities.
For decades, the AFFH mandate was codified in the law, but cities were not held accountable for addressing inequities. This changed in 2015 when the Obama administration instituted a strong AFFH rule that opened a public process in key communities. From New Orleans to Kansas City to Philadelphia, community advocates brought their ideas and demands for housing justice to the public record. A strong AFFH rule that improves housing equity has the potential to affect all aspects of peoples’ lives –– growing their access to quality schools, public transportation, jobs, and clean water and air, as well as bolstering legal protections so that people can be assured they can stay in their homes. The new proposed AFFH rule builds on the planning framework established by the 2015 rule. Read more about the history of AFFH on the PolicyLink AFFH page
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, which has additional resources and information from our partners.
How you can help strengthen the proposed AFFH rule
We can make the proposed AFFH rule a strong tool for housing justice by submitting our comments throughout HUD’s 60-day comment period, which begins once the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register. Follow us on social media
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to get updates and spread the word to your networks using our social media toolkit
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In the coming days, PolicyLink will offer a step-by-step guide to submit your comments, written resources, and webinars to support community-based organizations, organizers, leaders, and advocates across sectors to contribute their expertise. Please save the dates below and register for our webinar series!
February 1, 2023
Release of Public Comment Toolkit – “Designing Our Just Housing Futures: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)”
Updates to the AFFH Social Media Toolkit
Webinar Series
Our Housing Futures: Proposed AFFH Rule 101
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Wednesday, February 8
11:00 am PT/ 2:00 pm ET
We will share the history of the AFFH, provide an overview of the proposed AFFH rule, including suggested areas of focus for commenters, and share experiences using the AFFH rule in local communities. Speakers and guests to be announced.
REGISTER
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Our Housing Futures: Proposed AFFH Rule Comment Party
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Tuesday, February 28
12:30 pm PT/ 3:30 pm ET
Get support to develop and write your comment in community. Speakers and guests to be announced.
REGISTER
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