Rockland County has withdrawn from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Assistance Program. The move gives the county a chance to restructure and strengthen Rockland’s existing Fair Housing program. Rockland County Executive Ed Day calls HUD’s requirements “onerous” and not the best fit for the county…
Day says the county could get re-certification from HUD and join the program again in the future. The Human Rights Commission will be hosting their next Fair Housing Symposium on October 16th at RCC.