FAIR HOUSING E-NEWS July-August, 2019 - Vol. 14, No. 4 Welcome to this edition of Fair Housing E-News! This newsletter is produced by the GBCHRB as a public service. More info/resources: http://www.gbchrb.org. Just a few of the headlines are: Advocates Condemn HUD's New Effort to Weaken Critical Anti-Discrimination Provisions of the Fair Housing Act.  Read the August 1, 2019 PRRAC press release. US GAO Report Shows Harm to Consumers from HUD Loan Auctions to Private Equity Firms. The report. Read the August 2, 2019 NCLC press release. HUD and Los Angeles Reach Historic Settlement Resolving Disability Discrimination and Lack of Accessible Housing. Read the agreement. Read more about the agreement. Read the August 2, 2019 HUD press release. Advocates Urge Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to Enforce the Payday Lending Rule Payment Protections. Read the August 12, 2019 letter. The Maryland Insurance Administration has released a Short Video with Important Information about Flood Insurance. https://www.facebook.com/MDInsuranceAdmin/videos/3100788203295592. The MIA website HUD Settles Claim of Discrimination Against Edgewater, New Jersey Apartment Owner for Denying a Person with Disabilities an Assistance Animal. Read the Order. Read the July 29, 2019 HUD press release. ***** To read this issue of Fair Housing E-News: fhnews19julaug.pdf. GBCHRB P. O. Box 66180 Baltimore, Maryland 21239-6180 http://www.gbchrb.org 410.929.7640