Fair housing groups are pushing back on new Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidance that limits the time frame for bringing Fair Housing Act accessibility claims involving multifamily housing.
According to a memo issued this week from Craig Trainor, HUD's assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity, the department rescinded prior guidance and said the one-year statute of limitations for administrative complaints alleging design and construction violations begins when a covered multifamily building receives its certificate of occupancy.
“In short, the Act’s one-year statute of limitations for administrative complaints alleging design and construction violations in covered multifamily dwellings begins to run ...