US Attorney Asks Court to Compel Westchester County (NY) to Comply with Settlement Agreement.

NLIHC summary (and links to more materials) is HERE. 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

HUD Direct Funding for Fair Housing Program Grantees In Oregon For 3 Fiscal Years Hits $1.4 Million.

FHIP Grant Funding: $1,075,000

The Federal Register tomorrow will have three notices listing  grantees and funding for the HUD Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) for FY 2008, FY 2009, and FY 2010. (We are currently in FY 2011, and FY 2012 will start on October 1st). 

In Oregon, the Fair Housing Council of Oregon and Oregon Legal Aid Services have received a total of $1,075,000 in these three fiscal years; the table pasted below shows the amount by agency and by FY. 

FHAP Grant Funding: $400,000
A search of USASpending.gov HERE shows that the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry has received nearly $400,000 in HUD FHAP funding during these three fiscal years (If you open the search link, select Bureau of Labor and Industries in columns to the right to see amount for just that agency). [I suspect this subtotal may not include costs of training of BOLI staff paid for by HUD, but welcome any amplification/ correction of what is and isn't included in the FHAP totals].

Total 3 Year FHEO Grant Funding: $1,475,000
Combining these two HUD FHEO grant programs, the three year total of HUD Fair Housing Direct Grant Funding in Oregon is $1,475,000 million.  Note that this does NOT include spending by CDBG grantees on fair housing related activities. 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Updated: OMB Has HUD Proposed Disparate Impact Fair Housing Regulation Under Review, Anyone Know More?

Update: 
Did some digging and discovered 2009 National Fair Housing Alliance document about disparate impact policy and possible reg; see link HERE.
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A new HUD proposed HUD regulation is under review by OMB as of June 7th. All that is currently available is listed HERE: 

"Implementation of the Fair Housing Act--Disparate Impact (FR-5508) "

I don't see any reference to this reg in prior semi annual regulatory agendas.  Anyone know any more about this proposed reg? If so , please email or leave comment below.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Section 811 (Housing for Persons with Disability) Bill Nearing House Action.

Bill number is H.R. 1675, Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.