NLIHC Prepares Preliminary Sample AFFH Comment Letter

NLIHC urges advocates to submit comments about HUD’s proposed improvements to existing regulations regarding affirmatively furthering fair housing, AFFH (see Memo, 7/19 and 8/23). NLIHC has a preliminary sample comment letter that advocates may consider using. As NLIHC learns of any other pressing concerns raised by fair housing, preservation, or neighborhood-based community development advocates, this preliminary sample letter might be modified.It is very important that HUD receive many comment letters supporting the proposed rule, but with constructive comments for improving the rule in its final form.The preliminary sample comment letter, various NLIHC-prepared summaries of the proposed rule, materials from the webinar conducted by NLIHC and the National Fair Housing Alliance including NLIHC’s slides and a Q&A, the proposed rule, and links to HUD supporting documents are at www.nlihc.org/issues/affh Comments are due on September 17, 2013.