The District Court of the District of Columbia has issued a decisive order vacating HUD’s 2013 Fair Housing Act disparate impact rule. Court Strikes Down HUD Disparate Impact Rule ByĪngela Kleine and Tom Noto on November 7th, 2014 Posted in Disparate Impact, Fair Lending It would prohibit the DOJ from using… Read More D.C. 2578, the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s (HUD) fair lending disparate impact rule. The House has approved an amendment aimed at barring the Department of Justice (DOJ) from enforcing the U.S. This new rule “aims to provide all HUD program participants with clear guidelines and data they can use to achieve… Read MoreĪngela Kleine on June 9th, 2015 Posted in Disparate Impact, Fair Lending HUD today announced a new Fair Housing Act rule to “affirmatively further fair housing.” The Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968, directs HUD to promote fair housing and equal opportunity, including addressing segregated housing patterns. HUD argues that the rule-which it plans to apply retroactively-is simply a codification of its existing position that the Fair… Read More New Fair Housing Rule ByĪngela Kleine and Tom Noto on July 8th, 2015 Posted in Fair Lending, Mortgage Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has finally issued its much-debated disparate impact rule. In February 2013, Morrison & Foerster published the client alert “HUD Issues Aggressive New Fair Housing Rule.” Summary: The U.S. MoFoReEnforcement on September 10th, 2015 Posted in Disparate Impact RESPA Section 8(a) and its implementing regulation,… Read More #ThrowbackThursday: HUD Issues Aggressive New Fair Housing Rule By (“Lighthouse”) for alleged violations of RESPA’s prohibition against kickbacks.
In October 2014, Morrison & Foerster published the client alert “CFPB as HUD: Another Section 8 Consent Order Displays CFPB’s RESPA Approach.” Summary: In a recent RESPA enforcement action, the CFPB negotiated a consent order with Lighthouse Title, Inc.
MoFoReEnforcement on November 12th, 2015 Posted in CFPB, Enforcement Actions, Mortgage #ThrowbackThursday: CFPB as HUD: Another Section 8 Consent Order Displays CFPB’s RESPA Approach By The complaint alleges that from at least 2011 to 2013,… Read More The DOJ and CFPB announced a settlement with BancorpSouth Bank to resolve alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Maria Makar and Jessica Kaufman on August 3rd, 2016 Posted in CFPB, Disparate Impact, Enforcement Actions, Fair Lending, MortgageĬFPB “mystery shoppers,” along with secret recordings, were part of the CFPB’s factual allegations in a recent mortgage discrimination settlement. Read More CFPB Relies on “Mystery Shoppers” in BancorpSouth Mortgage Discrimination Settlement By
Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), the U.S…. The Guidance largely follows the July 25, 2016, white paper jointly issued by the U.S. On August 2, 2016, the CFPB published a new guidance document titled CFPB’s Principles for the Future of Loss Mitigation (the “Guidance”), which outlines a recommended framework for new, industry-driven foreclosure relief programs. The “Office of General Counsel Guidance on Fair Housing… Read More CFPB Issues Guiding Principles for Loss Mitigation after HAMP Byĭon Lampe and Ryan Richardson on September 6th, 2016 Posted in CFPB, Fair Lending, Foreclosure, Mortgage, Regulatory Developments Department of Housing and Urban Development issued guidance on how the nondiscrimination provisions in the Fair Housing Act apply to persons who consider an individual’s “Limited English Proficiency,” or limited ability to speak, read, write, or understand English, in housing transactions. Leonard Chanin and Amanda Mollo on September 23rd, 2016 Posted in Disparate Impact, Fair Lending, Mortgage HUD Releases New Guidance on Limited English Proficiency Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act By
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