Federal judge blocks delay of rule to help low-income people obtain housing

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

A federal judge ruled Saturday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must implement a rule to help low-income families find housing on Jan. 1, 2018.

HUD officials announced in August they they would delay the rule for two years, after it was initially set to go into effect on Jan. 1. But several civil rights groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, had sued the Trump administration over the move in October.

Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, an Obama appointee, found that HUD did not provide fair reasoning to delay the rule and that the delay was made arbitrarily.

“This case is about the rule of law—whether an agency effectively may suspend a duly promulgated regulation without observing the procedures or identifying relevant factual criteria that the law requires to effect such a change," Howell wrote.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366340-federal-judge-blocks-delay-of-rule-to-help-low-income-people-obtain

[elleng]

1. This case is about the rule of law."

[pangaia]

2. The rule of law is under serious attack...

and by republicans for years... now it is just escalating geometrically..(Is that the right word?)

[elleng]

3. 'Exponentially,'

yes, has been for years, but clearly there still are judges who will do the right thing.

[pangaia]

4. Ah, yes. Thanks...

Yes we still have judges.. qu3stion is hiw many and for nnow ling?

[elleng]

5. Many, I think.

One 'set,' 'The district courts are the general trial courts of the federal court system. Each district court has at least one United States District Judge, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a life term. District courts handle trials within the federal court system – both civil and criminal.'

https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts

[pangaia]

6. Thanks.. i hope the good ones hang on....

[whathehell]

7. Good on him.

'This case is about the rule of law".

[Cha]

8. Mahalo, hightplainsdem

[Merlot]

9. Why is it important to this story to know who appointed the judge?

"Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, an Obama appointee"

Seems like we're politicizing the judiciary.