The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking comment on proposed rule Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. Under the proposed rule HUD would provide states, local governments, insular areas, and public housing agencies, and the communities they serve, with data on patterns of integration and segregation racially and ethically concentrated areas of poverty; access to education, employment, low poverty, transportation and environmental heath. The data is to be used by program participants to evaluate their present environment to assess fair housing issues, identify the primary determinants that account for those issues and set forth better informed strategies and actions to achieve their stated fair housing priorities and goals.
Deadline for comment is September 17, 2013. Comments can be submit online via mail to Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276, Washington DC 20410-0500
