Secretary Turner is repealing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule introduced by the Obama administration
Feb. 27, 2025
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As an expansion of the Fair Housing Act passed as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the aim of AFFH was to combat housing discrimination and promote fair housing choice and opportunity.
A week after Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced there will be a task force within the agency dedicated to eliminating department spending, Turner said Wednesday that he will terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule introduced by the Obama administration in 2015, The Hill reports. The law prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin and requires that federal agencies and recipients of federal housing funds affirmatively further fair housing.
“By terminating the AFFH rule, localities will no longer be required to complete onerous paperwork and drain their budgets to comply with the extreme and restrictive demands made up by the federal government,” Turner said in a Wednesday statement obtained by The Hill.
“This action also returns decisions on zoning, home building, transportation, and more to local leaders,” he added. Read more
