On March 17, 2023, HUD submitted to the Federal Register for publication a Final Rule entitled Restoring HUD's Discriminatory Effects Standard. The Final Rule rescinds the Department's 2020 rule governing Fair Housing Act disparate impact claims and restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule.

On March 20, 2023, the  CFPB issued a rule to make non-substantive corrections and updates to Bureau and other Federal agency contact information found at certain locations in Regulations B, E, F, J, V, X, Z, and DD, including Federal agency contact information that must be provided with Equal Credit Opportunity Act adverse action notices and the Fair Credit Reporting Act Summary of Consumer Rights. This final rule also revises the chapter heading, makes various non-substantive changes to Regulations B and V, and provides a Bureau website address where the public may access certain APR tables referenced in Regulation Z.

On March 16, 2023, the CFPB issued a bulletin warning servicers of their obligation to stop unlawful conduct with respect to private student loans that have been discharged by bankruptcy courts. The bulletin details recent findings by CFPB examiners that certain loan servicers were illegally returning loans to collections after bankruptcy courts had discharged the loans.

On March 13, 2023, the CFPB and the DOJ filed a Statement of Interest in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to help ensure appraisals used to make lending decisions are objective and non-discriminatory. This action is in relation to an alleged home appraisal bias in the case of Connolly & Mott v. Lanham et al.

On March 8, 2023, the CFPB released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights that reports on unlawful junk fees uncovered in deposit accounts and in multiple loan servicing markets, including in mortgage, student, and payday lending. The said findings were found during examinations between July 1, 2022, and February 1, 2023. According to the CFPB, these unlawful fees corrode family finances, force up families’ banking and borrowing costs, and are not easily avoided, thus the agency is continuously rooting unlawful fees out of consumer financial markets.