HUD Seeks Comments on Fair Housing Act Disparate Impact Standard Final Rule

On June 20, 2018, HUD published an advanced notice of its proposed rule inviting comments on HUD’s 2013 Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard final rule as it seeks to determine what changes to the rule, if any, may be needed to reflect the outcome of the 2015 Supreme Court case Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. The proposed rule also addresses Treasury’s October 2017 report recommending HUD reconsider the disparate impact rule as it relates to the insurance industry.

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