David Deem 714-997-3486 Dave@DeemTeam.com The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released new research—" Opportunities to Increase Housing Production and Preservation "—that outlines the strategies being pursued by state and local governments to remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing and increase housing supply.     The details:    - The new research is published by HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R)   - These strategies are part of HUD's initiative to add nearly 100,000 affordable homes to the markets in the next three years   - The strategies will be incorporated into HUD's Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse, which has over 4,800 barriers and solutions and provides a catalog of information that spans all 50 states and over 460 cities and counties   - Insights will be used for zoning reform in President Biden's Build Back Better Plan   The ta...

David Deem 714-997-3486 Dave@DeemTeam.com The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed housing discrimination charges against Facebook. According to a recent statement, HUD alleged that Facebook's advertising platform is "violating the Fair Housing Act by encouraging, enabling and causing housing discrimination." "Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live," said HUD Secretary Ben Carson in the statement. "Using a computer to limit a person's housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone's face." "Even as we confront new technologies, the fair housing laws enacted over half a century ago remain clear—discrimination in housing-related advertising is against the law," HUD General Counsel Paul Compton said. "Just because a process to deliver advertising is opaque and complex doesn't mean that it exempts Facebook and oth...