Fair Lending, Fair Housing, and Equitable Housing Finance Plans

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Housing Finance Agency 12 CFR Part 1293 RIN 2590-AB53 AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance Agency. ACTION: Final rule; repeal of 12 CFR part 1293 . SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA” or the “Agency”) is issuing this final rule to repeal the Fair Lending, Fair Housing, and Equitable Housing Finance Plans regulation (“part 1293”). After considering public comments received in response to the proposed rule FHFA published on July ( printed page 5279) 28, 2025, this final rule adopts the proposed rule without change. DATES: The rule is effective March 9, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions, please contact Leda Bloomfield, Senior Associate Director, Office of Affordable Housing and Community Investment, (202) 649-3415, Leda.Bloomfield@fhfa.gov ; for general questions, please contact MediaInquiries@FHFA.gov . This is not a toll-free number. The mailing address is: Federal Housing Finance Agency, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20219. For TTY/TRS users with hearing and speech disabilities, dial 711 and ask to be connected to any of the contact numbers above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background FHFA adopted part 1293 in May 2024  [ 1 ] to codify the Agency's fair housing and fair lending oversight of the regulated entities, the Enterprise Equitable Housing Finance Plan (EHFP or Plan) program, [ 2 ] and requirements for the Enterprise to collect a borrower's language preference and hous…