Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Guidance Memo

To help jurisdictions meet their Assembly Bill No. 686 (AB 686) obligations, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released the first sections of their Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Guidance Memo in April 2021. It includes:

The duty of all public agencies to affirmatively further fair housing
New housing element requirements
Additional resources for communities

AFFH Guidance Memo

Read the AFFH Guidance Memo, along with instructions, tools and related resources. The HCD website provides background information on the history of housing discrimination, access to the AFFH data viewer and list of key resources.

Read the AFFH Guidance Memo.

AFFH Guidance Memo (PDF Format)

Download the AFFH Guidance Memo, which details definitions and segregation measurements, and includes a compliance checklist.

Download the AFFH Guidance Memo.

AFFH Data Viewer

Cities and counties can use HCD's AFFH Data and Mapping Resources to help inform and guide their efforts to proactively combat discrimination and increase access to safe, affordable homes.

See the AFFH Data Viewer.

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Guidance Memo

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