Tell HUD : Algorithms Shouldn’t Be an Excuse to Discriminate
▻https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/tell-hud-algorithms-are-no-excuse-discrimination
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released a proposed rule that will have grave consequences for the enforcement of fair housing laws. Under the Fair Housing Act, individuals can bring claims on the basis of a protected characteristic (like race, sex, or disability status) when there is a facially-neutral policy or practice that results in unjustified discriminatory effect, or disparate impact. The proposed rule makes it much harder to bring a disparate (...)