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Comment by March 16 on new HUD Fair Housing rule

We apologize, but the action alert you are attempting to access is no longer active. Comments to HUD will close on March 16, and ELCA Advocacy is currently processing letters to send to the department.

If you would like to submit a comment before end of day March 16, send comments to via the HUD portal at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/14/2020-00234/affirmatively-furthering-fair-housing

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