HUD moves to restore fair housing rules Blog HUD moves to restore fair housing rules On April 13, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) moved to reinstate two Obama-era fair housing rules that had been rolled back under the Trump administration. HUD is seeking to restore the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which requires local governments that receive federal housing funds to actively address residential segregation, and the 2013 “disparate impact” rule, which prohibits housing policies that result in discrimination, including those that unintentionally do so. Both rules are currently under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The reinstatement of these two rules would be particularly relevant to counties, who receive federal housing dollars and play an important role in ensuring fair and affordable housing for their residents.