Affirmatively furthering fair housing

Former Senior Policy Advisor at HUD, John Ligon, Joins US Housing Consultants

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Monday, July 26, 2021
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CONCORD, N.H., July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --US Housing Consultants is proud to announce that John Ligon, former Senior Policy Advisor to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, is joining our team as an Executive Vice President.

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  • CONCORD, N.H., July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --US Housing Consultants is proud to announce that John Ligon, former Senior Policy Advisor to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, is joining our team as an Executive Vice President.
  • "We are excited to welcome John Ligon to our team," said Jim Campanella, US Housing Consultants' CEO.
  • I have known US Housing Consultants as a leader in the affordable housing industry through its commitment to safe and high-quality affordable housing.
  • US Housing Consultants is a national, affordable housing consulting and training company, providing services for owners, investors, and managers of affordable housing.

FAU Expert Says Lawmakers Should Dump ‘Small Bigot Exemption’ from Fair Housing Law

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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The exemption essentially allows discrimination by people who can avoid using brokers and therefore sidestep renting or selling to certain groups, according to Johnson.

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  • The exemption essentially allows discrimination by people who can avoid using brokers and therefore sidestep renting or selling to certain groups, according to Johnson.
  • I call it the small bigot exemption because it allows individual homeowners to discriminate and put pressure on their neighbors to do the same, he said.
  • Obamas Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing of 2015, a provision of the Fair Housing Act, was meant to encourage more affordable housing, but that could have hurt upscale communities that insisted affordably priced properties would torpedo property values, according to Realtor.com .
  • Yet, both administrations and their predecessors have left in place the small bigot exemption, missing the opportunity to fundamentally improve fair housing, Johnson believes.

HUD's repeal of fair housing rule reverses decades of progress

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Thursday, July 30, 2020
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of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement to end the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that will roll back provisions in the Fair Housing Actthat encourage diversification and "foster inclusive communities."

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  • of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement to end the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that will roll back provisions in the Fair Housing Actthat encourage diversification and "foster inclusive communities."
  • is reiterating and standing by its previous request for HUD to rescind its final rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, which now opens the door for communities to increase segregation and deprive homeownership opportunities for many Americans," said C.A.R.
  • "We have spent many years trying to right decades of government-induced segregation and redlining; this rule would undo the last half-century of progress."
  • "Now is the time for HUD to work with the real estate community and fair housing advocates to draft a rule that will achieve greater homeownership opportunities for communities of color and fulfill the mission and spirit of the Fair Housing Act," said Radsick.

C.A.R. statement on HUD's roll back of rule that would weaken fair housing laws

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Thursday, July 23, 2020
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of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement to terminate the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and to implement a new rule that will roll back 50 years of work on fair housing and weaken HUD's role in promoting and protecting fair housing:

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  • of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) announcement to terminate the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and to implement a new rule that will roll back 50 years of work on fair housing and weaken HUD's role in promoting and protecting fair housing:
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  • is asking HUD to halt the implementation of this rule and work with the real estate industry and community groups to rewrite it.
  • The new rule also all but abdicates HUD's responsibility to properly monitor and oversee the implementation of the Fair Housing Act.
  • "As REALTORS, we have seen progress made regarding fair housing over the last 50 years throughout our communities in California.