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Right here’s what we’re watching in Washington:
Final month, the U.S. Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD) launched a proposed rule on implementation of the Truthful Housing Act’s disparate impression customary. HUD is proposing to “take away its [disparate impact] rules and leaving to courts questions associated to interpretations of disparate impression legal responsibility below the Truthful Housing Act.”
Disparate impression discrimination happens when a facially impartial coverage or apply ends in an unjustified, damaging disparate impression on members of a protected class. Disparate impression legal responsibility is a key civil rights device and a longstanding authorized idea upheld by courts in varied contexts. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom discovered that disparate impression claims will be introduced below the Truthful Housing Act.
Template feedback can be found from the Nationwide Truthful Housing Alliance. Feedback on HUD’s proposed rule are due on February 13, 2026.
Congress Passes Funding Package deal
This week, Congress handed a funding package deal (The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026) signed by President Trump that features Fiscal Yr 2026 spending payments for the Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS), the Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD), and different businesses.
Total, the funding package deal largely protects crucial packages for older adults. Some highlights of the Act embrace:
- Funding for the Administration for Group Residing (ACL), together with sustaining funding for Older People Act diet, caregiver, and supportive providers; the Lengthy-Time period Care Ombudsman Program; and Grownup Protecting Providers and Elder Justice packages.
- Prolonged funding for outreach and enrollment help for low-income Medicare enrollees and Medicare telehealth protection by December 31, 2027.
- Continued funding for the Authorized Providers Company.
- Funding to take care of present ranges of help for key housing packages, reminiscent of Housing Selection (Part 8) Vouchers and Part 202 senior housing.
- Stage funding for HUD’s honest housing packages.
- A timeline for the renewal of Continuum of Care (CoC) homeless help grants, which have been below menace by the Trump Administration.
Justice in Growing older will share extra details about the Act’s well being and housing provisions within the coming days.
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