legal Archives - Help STOP Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)

5 Policy Maker Objectives for Douglas County

A a targeted HUD locality should take action to decline future federal HUD subsidies. This will set some elected officials on their heels, but the reason is that the subsidies will be used as blackmail to make us hostages for compromising our zoning laws; county and city municipalities, when HUD begins imposing their demands for Continue Reading

Administrator August 16, 2015 Douglas County, CO,Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips legal, subsidies 186 Comments

Elevator Speech

The new AFFH rule that HUD is now executing, as of July 19, 2015: Move low income housing to the suburbs Use HUD subsidies (block grants) as blackmail against over 1,200 targeted U.S. localities (Douglas County is targeted) Override local zoning laws and planning commission actions Leverage the threat of legal expenses Coordinate with federal Continue Reading

Administrator August 16, 2015 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips epa, fta, legal, subsidies, zoning 533 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"