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The Latest on HUD's Disparate Impact Rule - The Consumer Finance Podcast
A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
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Condo Adviser: What is 'FHA approved,' exactly?
Taking it Seriously: Unusual Lease Violations in Virginia
Under a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed rule published April 10, new procedural protections would apply to criminal history screening of rental applicants to HUD-assisted housing....more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
Mortgage originators and secondary market issuers use automated valuation models (AVMs) in determining the worth of collateral securing mortgages on consumers’ principal dwellings. As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
With a roll-out led by Vice President Harris, the federal financial services regulators have released the long-awaited proposed automated valuation model (AVM) rule, referencing both home appraisal bias in mortgage lending...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features a new year for a new UCC Article 12, a farewell to LIBOR, and an appraisal...more
Federal Reserve Policy Aims to Level the Playing Field for Insured and Uninsured Banks: The Federal Reserve has issued a policy statement clarifying that uninsured state member banks will be subject to the same limitations...more
Recently, HUD announced plans to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH). The new rule will update a 2015 final rule that was intended to implement the Fair...more
Broadband internet access service providers, and possibly broadband communications services and applications providers, will likely soon face additional regulatory restrictions on their services. The FCC has released a Notice...more
UK Set to Move Forward on BNPL Regulation - The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently issued a report on the market conditions for buy-now pay-later (BNPL) unsecured lending. The report recommends...more
On September 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its final rule on the implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits...more
In August 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed rulemaking that potentially would make it harder to bring disparate impact discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act. The proposed...more
On behalf of the American Bankers Association, Consumer Bankers Association, and Housing Policy Council, K&L Gates Partner Paul F. Hancock and Associate Olivia Kelman crafted a comment that was submitted to the U.S....more
Federal Reserve Announces Plan for Real-Time Payment and Settlement Service - The Federal Reserve has announced that the Federal Reserve Banks will develop a new real-time gross settlement service with integrated clearing...more
In Orozco v. WPV San Jose, LLC, California's Sixth District Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the Superior Court in Santa Clara County in support of a commercial tenant who sued his landlord for fraud. The tenant,...more
A little wonky fair housing policy today. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) issued proposed new rules to amend how HUD interprets “disparate impact” under our federal Fair Housing Act (FHA)....more
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a sweeping proposed rule on August 1 seeking to amend HUD’s interpretation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard. According to HUD,...more