Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
Comments by Smith Young. Yes, and Ben Carson should reinterpret the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule as he said he would do on July 19, 2017 after meeting with a group of Republican members of Congress led by Utah Sen. Mike Lee called on Carson to rescind the rule. After its introduction July 2015 Continue Reading
Hello, The war is growing over HUD’s outrageous new rule called “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH). This rule destroys neighborhoods, home values and private property rights. As I’ve reported to you before, through this rule HUD is strip searching every neighborhood in the nation to determine income levels, race and ethnic balance, even religious affiliations. Continue Reading
Following is the rest of the story if you’re still unclear about the upcoming Senate vote after reading the two previous articles Lee Amendment Can Stop AFFH by Stanley Kurtz and The Senate Votes on AFFH this Week! by Sen. Mike Lee himself. First, nobody knows exactly when the Senate will be voting on the bill; it Continue Reading
Defunding AFFH will go a long way toward uniting a divided Republican party. Lee Amendement Can Stop AFFH National Review by Stanley Kurtz May 16, 2016 Congress once again has a very real chance to stop President Obama’s wildly overreaching Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation. Senator Mike Lee has proposed an amendment to defund Continue Reading
This week, the Senate will have a chance to fight back against this misguided power grab, by adopting an amendment to this year’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill that would prohibit Department of Housing and Urban Development officials from spending any money to implement the new rule. THEDAILYSIGNAL We Don’t Need a Continue Reading
(AFFH website note: While CDBG is the largest HUD grant program by far, it’s important to keep in mind that there are several other smaller HUD grant programs, and taking even a dollar from any one of them leaves a locality vulnerable to de facto federal takeover.) National Review by Stanley Kurtz July 31, 2015 Continue Reading