The North Texas Regional Housing Assessment is the City's Assessment of Fair Housing in accordance with HUD's 2015 AFH Rule.

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North Texas Regional Housing Assessment

The 2015 Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) was a legal requirement that the City completed to continue receiving federal housing and community development funding from the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). Specifically, the AFH was an analysis undertaken pursuant to 24 CFR Part 5.152 that includes the analysis of fair housing data, an assessment of housing issues and contributing factors, and identification of fair housing priorities and goals specific to Dallas.  Examples of fair housing issues include regional demographics, segregation, racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, access to opportunity, disproportionate housing need, publicly supported housing, access to persons with disabilities, and fair housing enforcement and outreach capacity. 

On June 10, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an interim rule. The interim rule (LINK) is not a full restoration of the 2015 AFFH Rule, but a restoration of statutory definitions and certifications of the 2015 AFH Rule. At that time, the Department signaled its intention to undertake a separate rulemaking to build upon and further improve the 2015 AFFH rule by instituting a new fair housing planning process and framework that increases efficiency and improves outcomes for communities across the country. 

The Biden Administration is currently still drafting a comprehensive AFFH Rule. As the City awaits the release of the comprehensive rule, Fair Housing utilizes the goals of the North Texas Regional Housing Assessment as the foundation to all Fair Housing Assessments. Below are the goals of the North Texas Regional Housing Assessment that are currently considered with every Fair Housing Assessment completed:

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