On November 29, 2021, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board announced it has reached a Conciliation/Voluntary Compliance Agreement with National Community Renaissance; National Community Renaissance of California; Desert Meadows Housing Partners, LP; Victorville Housing Partners L.P.; and Cathedral Family Housing Partners, L.P., management agents and owners of four HUD-subsidized apartment complexes in southern California, resolving allegations that the property managers refused to rent to or provide adequate language services […]
Category: HUD
HUD ENFORCING BAN ON DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION
On February 11, 2021 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a memorandum titled Implementation of Executive Order 13988 on the Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13988 on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation. The Executive Order addresses the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v Clayton County, which held that the prohibitions against sex discrimination […]
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY GUIDANCE
On January 13, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a “Statement Regarding the Provision of Financial Products and Services to Consumers with Limited English Proficiency.” The Statement provides principles and guidelines to assist financial institutions in decision making concerning how best to serve Limited English Proficiency (LEP) consumers and to facilitate compliance with ECOA and UDAAP laws. This is the latest in a series of regulatory releases that provide “hints” at appropriate action. […]
HUD PROPOSES FAIR LENDING DISPARATE IMPACT RULE
On August 19, 2019 the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a rule to amend HUD’s interpretation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard contained in HUD’s existing regulation 24 C.F.R. Part 100. The proposed rule makes it more difficult for a plaintiff to bring a disparate impact case and also makes it more difficult for a plaintiff to recover punitive and exemplary damages. The proposed rule is good news for lenders […]
ONEWEST BANK REDLINING CASE
On July 29, 2019 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has approved a Conciliation Agreement between the California Reinvestment Coalition and CIT Group, Inc., and CIT Bank, N.A., dba OneWest Bank, resolving allegations that the bank engaged in lending discrimination by “redlining” in the Los Angeles region. OneWest Bank is a retail bank with 60 branches in Southern California. The complaint, filed by the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC), alleged […]