[ Transcripts | Guidance Notices | Research Reports | Miscellaneous ]

Press conference transcripts

• HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo's address to the National Press Club (New Economy) (4/28/99)

• HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo's press conference on nationwide fair housing audit (11/16/98)

HUD Guidance Notices and memos concerning fair housing

Procedure, legal standards, etc.

• Title VIII Intake Procedures (Jan. 24, 1994)

• Filings that Implicate the First Amendment (Sept. 2, 1994)

• Administrative Closures (Sept. 6, 1995)

• Confidentiality of Conciliation Agreements (April 27, 1995)

• Applicability of Disparate Impact Analysis to Fair Housing Cases (Dec. 17, 1993)

• Regulation on Self-testing Regarding Residential Real Estate-Related Lending Transactions and Compliance With the Fair Housing Act; Proposed Rule (Jan. 31, 1997)

• Reasonable Cause Under the Fair Housing Act (June 15, 1999) HTML | PDF

• Cooper/Plaza memo on Analyses of Impediments (Feb. 14, 2000)

• Fair Housing Act Regulations Amendments Standards Governing Sexual Harassment Cases - proposed rule (Nov. 13, 2000 - PDF format)

• Substantive and Procedural Limitations on Filing and Investigating Fair Housing Act Complaints That May Implicate the First Amendment (May 1, 2002)

• Treatment of Testing Evidence in Fair Housing Complaint Investigations (April 10, 2003)

• Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act (May 17, 2004) PDF | HTML

• Conversion to Housing for Older Persons (March 3, 2006) (PDF)

• Insurance Policy Restrictions as a Defense for Refusals to Make a Reasonable Accommodation (June 12, 2006) (PDF)

• Intake of Complaints Filed by Organizations (July 31, 2006)

• Reasonable Modifications Under the Fair Housing Act (March 5, 2008)

• Pet Ownership for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities; Final Rule (Oct. 27, 2008) HTML | PDF

• Achtenberg memo on advertisements under 804(c) (Jan. 9, 1995)

• Memo on self-identity of home seekers

• Housing Developments with Names that Suggest Preferences (Feb. 23, 2006) - HTML | PDF

• Fair Housing Act Application to Internet Advertising (Sept. 20, 2006)

• Guidance for Handling Allegations of Internet-based Discriminatory Advertising against Unidentified Respondents (March 25, 2009)

Occupancy standards

• Occupancy Standards Under the Fair Housing Act - Dec. 17, 1998 Federal Register Notice

• Occupancy Standards Under the Fair Housing Act - July 1995 Memo

• Occupancy Standards Under the Fair Housing Act - September 1995 Memo

Sexual harassment

• Questions and Answers on Sexual Harassment under the Fair Housing Act - Nov. 17, 2008

Accessibility

• Accessibility Guidelines

• Accessibility Guidelines Supplement

Other issues

• Forward memo on Lead-Based Paint and Fair Housing (August 1, 1997

• Memorandum of Understanding Among the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice regarding the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (August 11, 2000.) PDF HTML

• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Disorder and Environmental Illness as Handicaps (April 14, 1992. PDF format - requires Acrobat Reader)

• Response to concerns about housing security following September 11, 2001 (Revised Jan. 6, 2003)

• HUD Occupancy Handbook - revised Summer 2003
  Microsoft Word document
  Adobe PDF document

• Memorandum on Eligibility of Mixed Families for Public and Assisted Housing (March 11, 2004)

• Fair Housing Agencies Eligible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Other HUD Program Funding (PDF) Jan. 11, 2008

• Non-Discrimination and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities - Jan. 5, 2010 Word Doc | PDF

Research Reports

• Multifamily Building Conformance with the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines - March 2003

Miscellaneous

• Prepared testimony of Kim Kendrick, nominee for HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Sept. 15, 2005 (PDF)

• Responses to Notice of Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies Under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP); Notice

• HUD Fair Housing Complaint Form on the Internet

• The Buyer's Agent issue - In response to an inquiry from The Buyer's Agent franchise located in Memphis, Tennessee, HUD issued an opinion stating that buyer/brokers are not bound by the steering provisions of the federal Fair Housing Act.