July 2017 - Help STOP Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)

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Letter from Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Paul Gosar to Ben Carson – Recind AFFH rule

Great letter sent to Secretary Ben Carson: http://affh.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/353797381-Sen-Lee-Rep-Gosar-and-Colleagues-Send-Letter-Asking-Sec-Carson-to-Rescind-Zoning-Rule.pdf

Smith Young July 26, 2017 AFFH with Strings Attached cdbg, Fair Housing Act, recind 903 Comments

It’s official – Westchester Beats Obama

It’s been a long time coming, but HUD finally folds because they were wrong. WSJ Opinion – Westchester Beats Obama The feds concede that the suburb’s zoning laws aren’t discriminatory. By The WSJ Editorial Board July 23, 2017 Westchester County Chief Executive Rob Astorino spent seven years fighting Obama-era Department of Housing and Urban Development Continue Reading

Smith Young July 24, 2017 Just News,Westchester County, NY astorino, settlement, westchester, zoning 1,255 Comments

Blessing or Curse? The public housing debacle continues

Western Conservative Summit HUD AFFH Workshop presentation July 21, 2017 by Frank Francone An excellent presentation on housing by Mr. Francone who is currently a candidate for the Colorado State House (on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/frankfranconeforstatehouse/). To view presentation click 2017 Western Conservative Summit HUD Presentation Joining Frank the panel includes

Smith Young July 21, 2017 Knowledgeable About AFFH Casper Stockham, Kevin Lundberg, Kim Monson, WCS 187 Comments

HUD’s Social Engineering Mission Upset by Shrinking Housing Supply

The free market, not HUD, should be the only arbiter for affordable housing. WSJ – Venice Beach Is a Hot Place to Live, So Why Is Its Housing Supply Shrinking? Venice Beach is the toughest neighborhood to build new housing in U.S., followed by Prospect-Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn and Philadelphia’s Fishtown By Laura Kusisto, July Continue Reading

Smith Young July 17, 2017 Affordable Housing News,Just News Affordable Housing, Gentrification, homeowner, Venice Vision 186 Comments

Elevator Speech

AFFH gives FREE federal grant money to the suburbs. But what they don't tell you is that by taking the money, you the suburbs will be forced to gentrify your neighborhoods with low-income racially diverse high density housing.

1) HUD is imposing requirements that go far beyond what the 1968 Fair Housing Act demands
2) Moves high density low income (rental) housing to the suburbs
3) The new rule restricts private choice, local government authority, and the evolutionary history of American residential growth patterns
4) Uses subsidies (block grants) as blackmail against 1,194 targeted U.S. localities
5) HUD grantees must consider statistical data such as education and transportation that are only remotely related to housing
6) Communities threatened with huge legal expenses from allegations by HUD and Civil Rights groups
7) HUD requires racial analysis of demographic data that should instead be colorblind (race baiting?)

Editors Note

The AFFH rule does not do anything for or against discrimination, it merely revamps the planning process of localities applying for grant monies, replacing Analysis with Assessment using the new Tool.
The AFFH rule neither replaces nor extends the 1968 Fair Housing Act
1) We are against discrimination and we do support the 1968 Fair Housing Act
2) We oppose the AFFH rule and it's anti-American implementation of the Supreme Courts decision on "disparate Impact"