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HUD recently announced that it will formally seek public comment on whether its 2013 Disparate Impact Regulation is consistent with a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
In Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., the court recognized that the Fair Housing Act covers what’s known as “disparate impact” claims—that is, cases where seemingly neutral practices have a discriminatory effect on protected classes of persons.