January 31, 2025
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development attorneys asked a D.C. Circuit court Friday to pause consideration of an insurance industry trade group's appeal over a HUD rule addressing discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act, saying the agency's new leadership may reconsider the rule altogether.
September 20, 2023
The D.C. federal court upheld a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule expanding the scope of discriminatory housing practices eight years after the circuit court ordered its review, delayed by multiple administrations' rewrites of the policy.
September 24, 2015
The D.C. Circuit ordered a lower court Wednesday to reconsider its ruling that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development exceeded its authority when it wrote a rule expanding the definition of discriminatory housing practices, directing it to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
November 03, 2014
A D.C. federal judge on Monday ruled that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development overreached its authority when it wrote a rule expanding the meaning of discriminatory practices, saying the agency's position was "wishful thinking on steroids."