Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
This is a one of a kind assessment by the left wing organization Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, clearly using insider information, attempting a fair assessment of the feedback to HUD during the 30-day comment period after the AFFH rule became official when posted on the federal register July 16. Some of us Continue Reading
Next City By Alexis Stephens | July 10, 2015 HUD Secretary Julián Castro had a busy day in Chicago on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) When large-scale housing interventions come from government — whether a city’s housing task force or the head of HUD — there’s inevitably going to be people who say the government is Continue Reading
By: alecstates (Diary) | August 28th, 2015 There was a time in recent American history when local governments didn’t depend on grants from federal agencies for zoning and permitting decisions. Sadly, those days appear to be over. If your city or county accepts money from the federal government via Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Continue Reading
By: Smith Young Please enjoy the humor of this parody based on John Anthony’s article “How HUD Will Legally Enslave Your Community“. This will only be successful when you stand up, scream, and call it socialist crap! John Anthony’s Review: “Great job. Humor is a terrific way to make the point. At first I’m Continue Reading
by Stanley Kurtz July 31, 2015, An excerpt: It’s not impossible that Republicans in Congress might succeed in defunding or repealing AFFH. Much depends on the precise form in which funding for HUD is passed, as a separate bill or as part of a massive omnibus spending bill. Obama has his veto power, but it’s Continue Reading
click: www.sustainablefreedomlab.org By John Anthony, Sustainable Freedom Lab, LLC Local rule died in America on July 8, 2015. With it passes the rights of rural and suburban communities to decide their own futures. The trigger was the final 377-page ruling from HUD called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing[1] that attempts to remove discrimination and achieve balanced Continue Reading
Two sound tracks: Cornelia Mrose talks about Dodd Frank, a daunting law that forces fair housing into communities. She also gives examples of supporters and opponents to the bill and how it was passed. Now that it has passed, she describes how it is enforced. Cornelia Mrose outlines how her county in NY is being Continue Reading