Notification of Withdrawal of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Guidance Documents
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), has withdrawn eight specific guidance documents effective September 17, 2025. This action is taken pursuant to Executive Orders 14192 and 14219 to reduce regulatory burdens and eliminate guidance that does not strictly meet three criteria: being statutorily required, consistent with the underlying statute or regulation, or reducing compliance burdens. The withdrawn documents cover topics including digital advertising under the Fair Housing Act, emotional support animals as reasonable accommodations, source-of-income testing, service animals, special purpose credit programs, limited English proficiency under Title VI, enforcement of Executive Order 13988, and use of criminal records in housing. These documents have been removed from the HUD.gov website and may no longer be relied upon as authoritative. HUD emphasizes that only conduct violating the actual text of the Fair Housing Act remains enforceable.
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Key Changes
- Withdrawal of 8 specific FHEO guidance documents effective September 17, 2025
- Removal of all listed documents from HUD.gov website and prohibition on reliance
- Revision of all handbooks and internal training materials that reference withdrawn guidance
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Obligations
What this law requires
Remove eight specified guidance documents from HUD.gov website and cease reliance upon them as authoritative effective September 17, 2025
Revise handbooks and internal training materials that reference the eight withdrawn guidance documents
Reissue guidance only when necessary and when issuance reduces compliance burdens, and only if guidance meets all three criteria: statutorily prescribed, consistent with statute/regulation, or decreases compliance burdens
Continue enforcement of any actions that violate the text of the Fair Housing Act, regardless of whether prior guidance permitted such conduct
Entities whose prior conduct may have violated the Fair Housing Act while conforming to withdrawn guidance during its effective period must take immediate action to address potential violations