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Defunding HUD's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Speeches - United States... Page 1 of 5 <br />Speeches <br />Defunding HUD's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule <br />thttp://wwwolee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/speeches? <br />ID=2D16964B-AD7D-4180-854D-03FFBOD2EF14) <br />May182016 <br />Defunding HUD's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing... <br />Mr. President: In a piece of legislation of this size, there is always much to praise - and, unfortunately, even <br />more to criticize. <br />I rise today, specifically, to correct one major mistake in this bill. As currently written, it. permits the <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development to proceed in the implementation of its radical new <br />regulation, the insultingly misnamed "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule," orAFFH <br />Proponents of AFFH, including President Obama, claim that it fulfills the original purpose and promise of the <br />Fair Housing Act of 1968. <br />But the truth is, HUD's new housing rule isn't the fulfillment - but a betrayal - of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. <br />t.+ ..1h,...,... t.... *., ,...,./.-....L.1 .F . .l,,....f.:.__/.._,„,,,,t,—')1TI._'1T11 41l 4T'1 n TV7r> 41 011 OC ArN 1,111, r,1n 1 <br />