[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 8 (Friday, January 12, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E39]
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                          HUD AFFH RULE CHANGE

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                          HON. PRAMILA JAYAPAL

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 12, 2018

  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development announced that it would effectively delay until 2025 
the implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule 
that will help communities finally realize the goals of the Fair 
Housing Act.
  This year is the 50th anniversary of that landmark law, which 
prohibits housing discrimination, and the AFFH rule aims to ensure our 
communities have the tools necessary to comply with it. Despite the 
law's passage 50 years ago, segregation still plagues our communities, 
resulting in grave inequities in all aspects of life. This is 
unacceptable.
  In 2015, after years of public input, the Obama administration 
finalized the rule, taking the first meaningful steps to empower 
communities to develop solutions that better address the housing needs 
of all of their residents.
  The AFFH rule reaffirms the strongly held American belief that your 
zip code should not determine your access to opportunity. But by 
delaying the rule, HUD is making it clear that equity and fair housing 
is not a priority of this administration.
  Housing equity is not a choice--it's the law.

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