Fair HousingIntermediateArizona Exam

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) requirement placed on HUD-assisted communities in Arizona obligates them to:

AConduct an annual fair housing audit and submit it to HUD, identifying any properties with racially disproportionate tenant populations for mandatory remediation

BProactively take meaningful actions to overcome historic patterns of segregation, improve access to opportunity, and promote fair housing choiceCorrect

COffer preference in all assisted housing lotteries to applicants from protected classes who can demonstrate displacement from the community within the past five years

DDedicate at least 20% of all HUD community development block grants to programs that recruit minority homebuyers into majority-white neighborhoods

Why Proactively take meaningful actions to overcome historic patterns of segregation, improve access to opportunity, and promote fair housing choice Is Correct

Answer B: Proactively take meaningful actions to overcome historic patterns of segregation, improve access to opportunity, and promote fair housing choice

AFFH requires HUD grantees (cities, counties, housing authorities) to not just avoid discrimination but to affirmatively take steps to identify and overcome fair housing barriers, historical segregation patterns, and disparities in access to opportunity.

Exam Tip: Fair Housing

Fair Housing questions test both federal (Fair Housing Act of 1968) and state-level protected classes. The federal protected classes are race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and disability. Many states add additional protections.

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Key Terms to Know

Fair Housing Act

Federal law prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and familial status.

Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Steering

An illegal practice where a real estate agent directs buyers toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on the buyer's race, religion, national origin, or other protected characteristics.

Blockbusting

An illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell by claiming that the entry of minority groups will lower property values.