Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
Ben Carson is providing a major correction at HUD with the right priorities, i.e., the objective of focusing on affordable housing instead to race, however, there are hints where he may not be thinking about protecting property rights.
WSJ Opinion – Overregulation Is the Main Block to Affordable Housing Building anything where people want to live has become a nightmare because of government. Oct. 3, 2017 Granger MacDonald of the National Association of Home Builders (Letters, Sept. 22) responds to a Sept. 19 editorial that suggests “Kill the Loopholes, Including the One for Continue Reading
Introductory email with letter attached: Donald, you should recognize most of the people on this email as friends and longtime supporters. Each volunteered comments and spoke at the June 27, 2017 BOCC meeting objecting to Jefferson County accepting HUD grants. All have contributed to the content of the attached letter either in writings, discussions, and Continue Reading
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
HUD’s AFFH rule, an Obama pride and joy, is the epitome of administrative tyranny. Even the insultingly misnamed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing is a misrepresentation used to conceal the means to an end. A “way of restraining agencies—one President Trump could adopt on his own—would be to require them to submit new rules to Congress Continue Reading
Introduction by Smith Young “):” Below, “program participants”, also referred to by HUD as “entitlement communities” are the towns, cities, and counties that take HUD grants. HUD makes it clear that AFFH is only about low-income racial or ethnic minorities where program participants will need to develop strategies to overcome allowing the concentration of low-income Continue Reading
Introduction by Smith Young “):” This article is mistaken and malformed throughout, but it’s an excellent piece of literature on how an important topic can be massaged to present a convincingly false narrative. Using evidence associated with this complex topic with many vested interests, the information below demonstrates how staff writers push an agenda, how Continue Reading
WSJ Columnist – A GOP Regulatory Game Changer Legal experts say that Congress can overrule Obama regulations going back to 2009. By Kimberley A. Strassel, Jan. 26, 2017 Todd Gaziano on Wednesday stepped into a meeting of free-market attorneys, think tankers and Republican congressional staff to unveil a big idea. By the time he stepped Continue Reading