The Biden administration is moving forward with a new rule requiring state and local governments to submit “equity plans” to the Department of Housing and Urban Development if they want to continue receiving billions of dollars in federal housing funds.
The proposed requirement is designed to streamline fair housing analysis requirements enacted under the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule to expand the anti-segregation efforts of the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
The Obama-era rule was later scrapped under President Trump, who argued that the mandate was part of a federal effort to “abolish the suburbs.”
President Biden pledged to reestablish the rule soon after taking office, as part of his call to fully enforce the Fair Housing Act.