Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
www.americhicks.com, KLZ 560 AM radio, Molly Vogt and Kim Monson interview with Smith Young on January 21, 2016. Click hear to listen, abbreviated from original 2 hour show “:)” Following are the topics discussed and respective time stamps”:)” 01 min 03 sec Introduction, Smith Young 04 min 50 sec What is AFFH, how it Continue Reading
National Review Dubuque Paper Slams HUD, Says NR Is Right by STANLEY KURTZ January 18, 2016 Last week, when I published a sharp critique of the Obama administration’s outrageous takeover of Dubuque’s housing system, Dubuque city officials and a spokesman for HUD took me severely to task. I am pleased to report today that the Continue Reading
Our opinion: National Review right about HUD where we stand Though Stanley Kurtz’s article has inaccuracies about Dubuque, it’s right about the overreach of HUD. BY THE TH MEDIA EDITORIAL BOARD Sunday February 17, 2016 Stanley Kurtz’s depiction of Dubuque in an article last week in the National Review isn’t flattering. “Dubuque is … a Continue Reading
NATIONAL REVIEW How Obama Stole Dubuque: Local and Federal Officials Respond by STANLEY KURTZ January 15, 2016 On Wednesday I told the story of Obama’s outrageous takeover of housing policy in Dubuque, the most frightening example yet of how the administration’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule will actually work. Today’s Dubuque Telegraph Herald Continue Reading
What state is Dubuque in? If you answered Chicago, you are correct. Chicago’s no state, you say? Don’t be so 18th century — so “constitutional.” Dubuque is in Chicago, which is now a kind of state. Or to put it differently, the Obama administration is in the process of replacing our entire system of government Continue Reading
On 12/31/2015 HUD provided notice of the availability of the Assessment Tool. The unofficial estimate to complete is 250 hours (and not by the lowest pay grade). Assessment-of-Fair-Housing-Tool which can be compared, change by change, with the original version; in HUD speak: A comparison of the Final Assessment Tool to the Option B version of the Revised Assessment Continue Reading
Federal Registry, December 31, 2015, HUD releases response on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool. In spite of numerous requests for information, HUD refused to provide any status about Douglas County comments made about the AFFH rule. Finally HUD graciously provides information, but was unresponsive until it was ready, typical of our 4th branch of Continue Reading
On 12/31/2015 HUD provided notice of the availability of the AFFH Data Mapping Tool. In order to access and view AFFHT requires a PC or mobile device with a supported browser and Internet access. The site to logon to AFFHT is http://egis.hud.gov/affht (Go ahead, try it yourself.) Only AFFH program participants (e.g., PHA or CDBG or HOME Continue Reading