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A federal judge in Massachusetts has suspended a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over a Trump administration rule that would have established a higher threshold for bringing housing discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act.
The suspension comes on the heels of an executive order from President Joe Biden directing HUD to review the new rule’s effects.
On Sept. 4, HUD finalized a new rule for its implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s “disparate impact” standard. The 2013 Obama-era disparate impact rule was meant to prevent discrimination against protected classes under policies that appear neutral on their face but nonetheless have a disproportionately adverse effect on minorities or perpetuate segregation without justification, regardless of their intent.
02/10/2021 at 11:04 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Declan Leary, Crisis, February 10, 2021
On the few occasions that the USCCB has, as a body, decided to publicly criticize now-President Joe Biden for his more egregious rejections of Church teaching, a reminder has always been included that the bishops eagerly look forward to working with the new administration on those issues in which Biden’s politics do not contradict (or, at least, do not override) his professed Catholic faith. Thus, while the bishops condemn (as well they should) the president’s decision to send American tax dollars overseas to fund abortion, they heartily commend his endeavors in other tense areas of the social, political, and economic arenas.
Biden Signed A New Order To Take On Housing Discrimination, Advocates Call It A Place Setter
arrow President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamal Harris, signs a series of executive actions to promote racial equality, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Doug Mills/UPI/Shutterstock
President Biden signed an executive action Tuesday that suggests a more aggressive approach to undoing the problem of housing segregation.
His memorandum states that, Many neighborhoods are as racially segregated today as they were in the middle of the 20th century,” and pledges that his administration will “work with communities to end housing discrimination, to provide redress to those who have experienced housing discrimination,” and end racial bias in home-buying and renting.
January 26, 2021 12:42 p.m.
The Biden administration on Tuesday rolled out a series of presidential actions on racial justice, including multiple actions that re-established policies of the Obama administration that were subsequently done away with by President Donald Trump.
“We’ll hold the federal government accountable for advancing equity for families across America,” White House Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice told reporters Tuesday.
An Obama-era rule called “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” a target of Trump’s that the former president used to exploit racist stereotypes about the suburbs, took top billing.
The Obama effort requires that communities take steps to identify and end racial discrimination in housing. But Trump did away with the rule and frequently referred to his election-year action as “saving the suburbs.”