CAC submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding the Trump Administration’s attempt to dismantle the disparate impact standard for the Fair Housing Act.

In our comment, we urged HUD to not move forward with the proposed rule but instead maintain the current rule and carry out HUD’s statutory role by vigorously enforcing the Fair Housing Act to remove discriminatory barriers to housing choice throughout the housing market. There is no good reason for revising the existing rule, which reflects long settled principles of disparate impact liability long affirmed by the courts. Adopting the proposed rule would contravene the purpose of the Fair Housing Act and would be a step towards perpetuating inequality.