Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
Comment by: TODD BLODGETT New HUD Rules Take Aim at Segregated Housing Wall Street Journal By Laura Kusisto Updated July 8, 2015 This is scary, and for ALL involved parties. Law-abiding net taxpayers simply won’t stand for it, and no small number of local law enforcement won’t enforce it. Having worked in politics and marketing for 3o+ Continue Reading
Note that the City of Lone Tree is in Douglas County, one of over 1,200 localities targeted by HUD’s new AFFH rule. A women’s group supporting the right of a restaurant owner for a license will join the Hooters grand opening today, August 15. The group is led by Lone Tree city council woman Kim Continue Reading
Parker Chronicle article Chris Michlewicz, Aug. 4, 2015 Note that Douglas County is one of over 1,200 localities targeted by HUD’s new AFFH rule. It’s the responsibility of local elected officials to use judgment in making decisions on the use of property based on a process of first determining that permit applications are compliant with the zoning laws, Continue Reading
Excerpt from: National Fair Housing Alliance, NFHA – AFFH Page Ending discrimination is one thing, but when was the federal government authorized to define and promote “inclusive” communities? The Fair Housing Act has two goals: to end housing discrimination and to promote diverse, inclusive communities. The second goal is referred to as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Continue Reading
Excerpt from: American Thinker – “Obama’s Endgame” Eileen Toplansky, July 13, 2015 (3 days before the AFFH rule was posted in the Federal Register, becoming official policy) In essence, the AFFH “gives the federal government a lever to re-engineer nearly every American neighborhood – imposing a preferred racial and ethnic composition, densifying housing, transportation, and Continue Reading
The Obama administration plots a wholesale federal intrusion into local housing policy The Weekly Standard, Oct 14, 2013, Vol. 19, No. 06 • By TERRY EASTLAND President Obama may have been distracted by Syria, but his domestic presidency proceeds apace, seeking what he heralds as “the transformation of the United States.” Especially is this true Continue Reading
(AFFH website note: While CDBG is the largest HUD grant program by far, it’s important to keep in mind that there are several other smaller HUD grant programs, and taking even a dollar from any one of them leaves a locality vulnerable to de facto federal takeover.) National Review by Stanley Kurtz July 31, 2015 Continue Reading
Timbers Conservatives #31 A Conservative Precinct Newsletter from Douglas County, CO August 2, 2015 The Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing Rules is a covert attempt to “economically integrate” virtually every community in every state. It “weaponizes” HUD analogous to what has happened with the DOJ, IRS and DHS. It represents a dramatic overreach of federal government Continue Reading