January 17, 2018
Hundreds of Demonstrators recently protested over the Department of Housing and
Urban Development’s (HUD) notice that will delay enforcement of former President Barack Obama’s
Federal Fair Housing rule, which required cities to address patterns of racial residential segregation
and inequality as a condition of continuing to receive federal housing funds. Photo Credit:
Chicago Housing Initiative.
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Protest erupts over postponement of AFFH
In 2015, the Obama administration finalized the AFFH rule, which required cities to execute plans on reducing segregation, discrimination and increasing equal housing opportunities for protected classes or risk losing out on federal block grants, according to the Chicago Housing Initiative.