Implementation of affirmatively furthering fair housing regulation

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the following: (1) Repeal the interim final rule issued on March 3, 2025, entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Revisions. (2) Issue a rule that defines affirmatively furthering fair housing in the following manner: (A) Affirmatively furthering fair housing means— (i) taking meaningful actions, in addition to combating discrimination, that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics; and (ii) in particular, taking meaningful actions that, taken together, address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to opportunity, replacing segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living patterns, transforming racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty into areas of opportunity, and fostering and maintaining compliance with civil rights and fair housing laws. (B) The duty to affirmatively further fair housing extends to all of a program participant’s activities and programs relating to housing and urban development.