(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces that it will extend the public comment date for its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would remove criminal conviction restrictions for fair housing testers by 9 days to January 11th, 2024.
The proposed rule aims to eliminate the agency’s restrictions on the use of fair housing testers with prior felony convictions or certain other convictions by Fair Housing Initiatives Program grantees and Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies. Fair housing testers provide invaluable support to HUD and HUD’s fair housing partners by taking part in housing transactions to screen for discrimination.
