{"id":2003267,"date":"2023-08-17T02:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-admin-working-to-bring-racial-equity-to-towns-suburbs\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T02:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:28:20","slug":"analysis-biden-admin-working-to-bring-racial-equity-to-towns-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-admin-working-to-bring-racial-equity-to-towns-suburbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin striving for racial equity in towns, suburbs."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanalysis-biden-admin-working-to-bring-racial-equity-to-towns-suburbs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Expanding Racial Equity: Biden Administration&#8217;s Actions Reach Suburbs and Towns<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration \u2063is taking steps to promote racial equity in \u200bAmerica&#8217;s \u200dsuburbs and \u2063towns. The Department of Housing and Development (HUD) is implementing a new \u2064program that requires any town, city, \u2063or county accepting federal\u2063 housing grants to actively address segregation, promote fair housing choice, eliminate \u2063disparities, \u2063and foster inclusive communities.<\/p>\n<p>The program, called Affirmatively Furthering\u2062 Fair Housing (AFFH), is a \u2063reinstatement of HUD&#8217;s 2015 AFFH Rule, originally introduced by the Obama administration but repealed in \u20622020 by the Trump\u2062 administration. Critics of the policy argued that it imposed burdens on localities\u2063 and represented federal\u200d overreach into local housing policy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u2063Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/colorado-looking-to-fund-equity-and-affordable-housing-programs-by-reducing-tax-refunds-4801647\">Colorado\u200b Looking to Fund Equity and \u2062Affordable Housing Programs By Reducing Tax Refunds<\/a> &#8211; 10\/18\/2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/homeowners-see-slower-equity-gains-as-housing-market-cools-4772949\">Homeowners See Slower Equity \u2062Gains as Housing Market Cools<\/a> &#8211; 10\/3\/2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/los-angeles-city-council-mulls-new-social-equity-housing-rules-4337453\">Los Angeles City Council Mulls New Social Equity Housing Rules<\/a> &#8211; 3\/14\/2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the Biden \u2062policy, communities\u200c must demonstrate their commitment to fair\u200c housing in order to qualify\u200b for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-admin-working-to-bring-racial-equity-to-towns-suburbs\/\" title=\"Biden Admin striving for racial equity in towns, suburbs.\">community development block grant\u200d funds<\/a>. HUD will review their plans and \u2063assess whether they meet the necessary criteria. This includes considerations\u200b such as building\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-banking-on-3-6-trillion-tax-increases-to-fund-agenda-plans\/\" title=\"Biden Banking On .6 Trillion Tax Increases To Fund Agenda Plans\">low-income housing<\/a> in high-opportunity neighborhoods, proximity to quality schools, libraries, and supermarkets, and ensuring\u200c public facilities are accessible to those \u200bwith\u2064 low incomes.<\/p>\n<p>HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge emphasized the importance of addressing ongoing segregation, disinvestment from communities of color, and discrimination in housing markets. However, critics argue that this measure goes beyond the original intent of the law and\u2064 further centralizes authority in the federal government,\u2063 diminishing the voices of local communities.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bissue of community diversity gained attention in 2007 when the\u200b Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York filed a lawsuit against Westchester County for its alleged failure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-politics-the-swamps-earmark-tab-is-already-about-21-billion\/\" title=\"\u2018Bad Politics\u2019: The Swamp\u2019s Earmark Tab Is Already About  Billion\">provide affordable housing<\/a>\u2063 and reduce segregation.\u2064 The lawsuit did not charge Westchester with violating the \u200bFair Housing Act but accused it of misrepresenting itself in receiving community development grants from HUD. The resulting settlement required Westchester County to build 800 new units of \u2064low-income housing, setting\u2064 a \u200cprecedent for the enforcement of the AFFH.<\/p>\n<p>Many advocates for racial equity in housing criticize local zoning laws that prioritize single-family homes and impose minimum lot sizes. In 2022, California \u2064banned single-family \u200czoning throughout the\u2064 state, allowing \u200bthe construction of \u2063up \u2063to four units on previously restricted lots.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately \u20621,200 communities will \u200bbe \u200caffected \u2064by HUD&#8217;s AFFH policy. \u2063However, it is unlikely that many of America&#8217;s wealthiest communities\u2063 will be significantly impacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>housing, and advance racial equity.&#8221; This move aims to address systemic racism and promote inclusivity in housing policies across the country. By holding local governments accountable, the Biden administration is taking steps to ensure equal opportunities for all Americans, regardless of their race or background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":887,"featured_media":2003268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/887"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}