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What Ben Carson at HUD could mean for Houston

Houston Chronicle – What Ben Carson at HUD could mean for Houston He’s opposed ‘government-engineered attempts to legislate racial equality’ By Leah Binkovitz, Kinder Institute for Urban Research December 8, 2016 Ben Carson, recently named secretary of Housing and Urban Development. “These government-engineered attempts to legislate racial equality create consequences that often make matters worse,” Continue Reading

Smith Young December 24, 2016 AFFH with Strings Attached ben carson, Houston, tax credits, Washington Times 1,151 Comments

Houston Mayor Opposes Housing Authority’s Plan For ‘Mixed Income’ Complex

It’s not what the headline purports, the mayor’s main objection is that each unit would cost $240,000 and only 10 percent of the apartments would be reserved for low-income residents. Houston Mayor Opposes Housing Authority’s Plan For ‘Mixed Income’ Complex In Galleria Area www.houstonpublicmedia.org AL ORTIZ, AUGUST 4, 2016 The apartment complex planned by the Houston Continue Reading

Smith Young August 8, 2016 Just News Houston, low income 712 Comments

Wall Street Journal: Houston and Detroit Are Leading the Way in Urban Innovation without HUD

Edited by Smith Young “:)”, A fresh perspective from the WSJ on American cities Houston and Detroit showing how evolving cities are solving their problems with innovation without interference from HUD and the new AFFH rule. The million dollar question is, what will happen when HUD begins implementing AFFH in Houston and Detroit? Evidence appears to show that the trend of Continue Reading

Smith Young May 3, 2016 Just News,Uncategorized Detroit, Houston, pink zones, urbanism, zoning 274 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"