Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
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
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
By Smith Young, It’s a conflict of interest when on one hand HUD is effectively selling housing to a targeted group while on the other hand pushing money across the table to finance them. Looking at it that way, there’s something wrong with this picture. The above is an honest generalization based on the dirty Continue Reading
Proactive Douglas County, Colorado is seeking to resolve issues with HUD’s AFFH Assessment Tool. The county is one of 1200 entitlement communities that accept Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. From what we can tell, HUD is not acknowledging issues. On September 22, 2015 Douglas County Commissioners made requests to: Senator Cory Gardner’s Senator Michael Continue Reading
I never thought I would grow up to be against mass transit, that is until receiving the email, at the bottom of this page, and thinking about it. So what kind of questions need to be asked at this RTD public hearing? I need some help here, what’s wrong with this picture, why the sense Continue Reading