AIA "strongly opposes" Trump administration's rollback of fair housing rule
The American Institute of Architects has criticised the federal government's termination of a provision introduced to help dismantle racial segregation in housing.
The organisation "strongly opposes" the dismantling the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), which required communities receiving federal funding for housing to analyse barriers to housing and create a plan to rectify them, said AIA chief executive officer Robert Ivy.
"We need to do more to provide equitable opportunity to all Americans"
"Our federal government should confront the legacy of discriminatory housing policies as intended in the Fair Housing Act of 1968, not shrink away from the responsibility of ensuring our communities are equitable," Ivy added. "At such a critical moment in time for addressing racial inequity, it's clear we need to do more, not less, to provide equitable opportunity to all Americans, especially for a basic human need such as shelter."
AFFH was introduced by the Obama administration in 2015 as a provision of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. It was nixed earlier this month by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary Ben Carson, who described it as "unworkable and ultimately a waste of time".
Trump opposed Obama-era housing provision
"Washington has no business dictating what is best to meet your local community's unique needs," he added.
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