AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump administration rescinds Obama-era housing mandate blamed for driving up building costs
HUD and the Justice Department jointly scrapped a 2013 Obama-era policy that exposed homebuilders to indefinite legal liability over accessibility flaws, a mandate officials say added hundreds of millions in costs and choked off affordable housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor moved to replace the […] The post Trump administration rescinds Obama-era housing mandate blamed for driving up building costs appeared first on American Almanac .
HUD and the Justice Department jointly scrapped a 2013 Obama-era policy that exposed homebuilders to indefinite legal liability over accessibility flaws, a mandate officials say added hundreds of millions in costs and choked off affordable housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor moved to replace the old enforcement framework with strict filing deadlines that mirror what Congress actually wrote into the Fair Housing Act more than three decades ago. Under the new guidance, individuals and advocacy groups now face a one-year window to file administrative complaints with HUD, starting from the date a building receives its certificate of occupancy. Private federal…Open