HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 2-6

A.      Title VI prohibits all recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating
                based on race, color, or national origin. Title VI applies to any program or activity
                receiving federal financial assistance, not just housing. Each federal agency has
                its own Title VI regulations. Thus, owners must remember that if they receive
                funds from any other federal agency, they will be subject to those agencies’ Title VI
                rules, in addition to HUD’s Title VI regulations, which are found at 24 CFR, part 1.

        B.      In housing, Title VI and the Fair Housing Act apply to many of the same types of
                activities. However, HUD has broader investigative authority in complaints
                related to violations of Title VI and the authority to impose different types of
                remedies than it does in cases involving violations of the Fair Housing Act.

        C.      Title VI regulations require that recipients have an affirmative obligation to take
                reasonable steps to remove or overcome any discriminatory practice or usage
                that subjects individuals to discrimination based on race, color, or national origin.
                The regulations also require that, even in the absence of prior discrimination,
                recipients should take affirmative steps to overcome the effects of conditions that
                results in limiting participation by persons of a particular race, color, or national
                origin.

        D.      Title VI regulations also require that owners maintain racial and ethnic data
                showing the extent to which members of minority groups are beneficiaries of
                federal financial assistance.