HUD withdraws fair housing guidance, updates The Edge, and publishes the latest Evidence Matters.

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HUD Withdraws Multiple Fair Housing Documents

Through a notice in the Federal Register, HUD has withdrawn a number of fair housing guidance documents, including “Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Advertising of Housing, Credit, and other Real Estate-Related Transactions through Digital Platforms”; “FHEO 2020-01: Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act”; and other guidance that HUD states “is non-binding and does not create substantive rights.” Any actions not consistent with the Fair Housing Act remain subject to enforcement by HUD. Read more

PD&R Updates Online Magazine The Edge 

New article topics in The Edge include the use of robotics in scaling housing production, developments in operating cost adjustment factors, constructing small houses to make homeownership attainable, and more. Read more

HUD Publishes Winter 2026 Issue of Evidence Matters

The Winter 2026 issue of Evidence Matters focuses on rural housing, with the lead article addressing key housing challenges in rural communities, including affordability, inadequate housing conditions, homelessness, barriers to aging in place, and disaster recovery. Read more