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The Biden administration is almost certain to reverse Trump’s orders and push fair housing rules again.
President-elect Joe Biden said he wants to quickly reverse key Trump administration housing policies, but his success will largely depend on the courts.
Biden has pledged to restore a sweeping Obama-era regulation that would have required local governments to take active steps to end segregation or else lose federal funding — what President Donald Trump called an attempt to “abolish the suburbs.” His administration eventually scrapped the so-called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation altogether in July.
Lawsuits challenging a weaker replacement unveiled this summer are almost certain. If courts hold that the new Trump measure revoking the regulation is illegal, the original 2015 rule would most likely stand, allowing Biden to sidestep the issue. If they uphold the new Trump rule, however, the Biden administration likely would have to again propose the 2015 rule, with a notice-and-comment period that would severely delay putting it into practice…