3421-22, 3421.39. This consultation should occur with organizations that have the capacity to engage with data informing the certification to affirmatively further fair housing and be sufficiently independent and representative to provide meaningful feedback on the consolidated plan and its implementation. (I) Artificial economic restrictions on the long-term creation of rental housing, such as certain types of rent control. These rankings would allow HUD to objectively determine a jurisdiction's success in providing quality affordable housing without adjudicated adverse fair housing findings.
This rule would change the certification requirements for PHAs in their annual plans to require that PHAs certify they will participate in the development of the consolidated plan. electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov. Multiple commenters suggested that instead of the 2015 rule's approach, HUD should find ways to use the AFFH process to provide incentives to increase housing supply and remove restrictive zoning regulations.HUD has considered these comments and suggestions in the development of this proposed rule.HUD seeks to further both the spirit and the letter of the Fair Housing Act.
HUD believes that having buy-in from a broad range of citizens and businesses in a community will result in a stronger AFFH effort and help reduce housing discrimination.HUD also recognizes that government policies, even when well-intentioned, can have negative results. (vi) States without significant population growth. 1366
State consultation with these entities may consider public housing needs, planned programs and activities, strategies for affirmatively furthering fair housing, and proposed actions to affirmatively further fair housing.
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(J) Unduly prescriptive or burdensome building and rehabilitation codes. documents in the last year The proposed regulation would revise the definition of AFFH, develop metrics to allow comparison of jurisdictions, and require jurisdictions to certify that they will AFFH by identifying concrete steps the jurisdiction will take over the next 5 years.
Programs that may fall into this category include new designations of PHAs as Moving to Work (MTW) agencies, priorities for conversions of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, or selection for participation in mobility demonstrations.HUD is also considering whether outstanding AFFH jurisdictions should be eligible for various forms of regulatory relief, either from the AFFH process itself or as part of the larger programmatic regulatory requirements.
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Pages 1775-1789, The number of questions, the open-ended nature of many questions, and the lack of prioritization between questions made the planning process both inflexible and difficult to complete.On May 15, 2017, HUD issued a notice inviting public comments to assist HUD in identifying existing regulations that may be outdated, ineffective, or excessively burdensome.Of the 49 jurisdictions that were in the first group to submit an AFH between October 2016 and December 2017, 31 (63 percent) were either never accepted or were only accepted after HUD required revisions.The sheer volume of data and variety of expertise required under the 2015 rule placed an undue burden on jurisdictions.
(ii) No jurisdiction may be considered an outstanding AFFH performer if HUD has disapproved the previous certification to affirmatively further fair housing submitted for a consolidated plan or declared an annual performance report unsatisfactory under (2) HUD will review the request within 45 business days and either recalculate the jurisdiction's ranking without affecting the rankings of other jurisdictions or send a written denial of the request to the jurisdiction explaining why the request was denied.The terms Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, elderly person, and HUD are defined in (1) When preparing the consolidated plan, the jurisdiction shall consult with other public and private agencies that provide assisted housing, health services, and social services (including those focusing on services to children, elderly persons, persons with disabilities, persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, homeless persons), community-based and regionally-based organizations that represent protected class members, and organizations that enforce fair housing laws.