Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register April 28, 2026. Document 2026-08244. Updated Nov. 12, 2026.
- What it does
This proposed rule would harmonize HUD's existing Equal Access regulations with the directions of the Executive Order titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." The rule would remove references to "gender" and "gender identity" from HUD regulations, or remove and replace it with "sex," as defined by the Executive Order. Through these revisions, the rule would ensure equal access to qualifying facilities would be provided in accordance with the sex of an individual based on his or her immutable biological classification as either male or female rather than the ever-shifting concept of self- assessed gender identity. It would also provide grant recipients, subrecipients, owners, operators, managers, and providers under HUD programs that permit single-sex or sex-specific facilities (such as temporary, emergency shelters or other facilities with physical limitations or configurations that require and are permitted to have shared sleeping quarters or bathrooms) the ability to require reasonable assurances and evidence to confirm the sex of an individual seeking service in order to protect the safety of other individuals in the facility.
The Housing and Urban Development Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
30 parts of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
24 CFR 5, 24 CFR 60, 24 CFR 92, 24 CFR 93, 24 CFR 200, 24 CFR 202, 24 CFR 203, 24 CFR 206, 24 CFR 221, 24 CFR 236, 24 CFR 266, 24 CFR 291, 24 CFR 570, 24 CFR 574, 24 CFR 578, 24 CFR 582, 24 CFR 583, 24 CFR 700, 24 CFR 850, 24 CFR 880, 24 CFR 882, 24 CFR 884, 24 CFR 886, 24 CFR 891, 24 CFR 960, 24 CFR 970, 24 CFR 982, 24 CFR 984, 24 CFR 1005, 24 CFR 1006
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2501-AE12 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Comments must be received by June 29, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-08244 |
|---|---|
| Action | Proposed rule. |
| Agencies | Housing and Urban Development Department |
| Published | April 28, 2026 |
| Comments close | June 29, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2501-AE12 |
| Docket | HUD-2026-0529 |
| Significant (marked in the Federal Register) | Yes |
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