Win for landlords! HUD/FHA will be relaxing all the sue-the-landlord-for-discrimination happy fed legislation from the previous regime.

Their are literally professional ESA entrapment tenants who make a tidy living off of targeting "no pets" rental units with fed lawsuits. As of 9/17/25, no longer. Of course BLUE states and cities will still allow this horrific behavior, but not so the feds.

Baby steps are still steps I guess.

Thank you.

WMH, this is a general document which relaxes the brown shirt approach which is the assumption of discrimination including the disability umbrella which would naturally cover the ESA/Service Animal fiaso:

"In general, FHEO is statutorily obligated to complete Fair Housing Act “investigation[s]

within 100 days after the filing of the complaint . . . unless it is impracticable to do so.

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enforcement directives, based on IDEOLOGY but not statute, rendered it “impracticable” to complete

investigations in a timely manner. Such enforcement actions prioritized NOVEL and TENUOUS THEORIES

of discrimination concerned with appraisal bias, environmental justice, local zoning, screening for

felony convictions, and gender identity, AMONG OTHERS (Predatory lawsuits based on ESA--disability--bias). These investigations needlessly diverted

I'll take it!

Agree Mapleaf, this line stands out:

"These investigations needlessly diverted

FHEO staff and resources for years on end and will no longer be prioritized."

Wow, a breath of fresh air. Try running a business in that environment! Those policies were never sustainable and only encouraged bad actors to take advantage. Still more work to do but so glad to see the scam coming to an end.