Fair Housing Complaint Processing; Plain Language Revision and Reorganization

This interim rule revises HUD's regulations that concern the processing of fair housing complaints in two ways. First, the current sections that address the filing of complaints have been rewritten using plain language. Plain language is an approach to writing that promotes responsive, accessible, and understandable written communication. Second, the sections that address the investigation of complaints have been moved to another place in the regulations. We are revising these regulations to make the procedures for filing housing discrimination complaints easier to understand. This rule does not change the substance of the existing fair housing complaint processing regulations.