Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
HUD’s AFFH rule should be at the top of the hit list for Congress to reclaim powers, providing more supervision over lawless presidential rule-making. WSJ Opinion – Midnight Rules Need Morning Repeal Obama’s final regulatory binge deserves a rapid Congressional response. Jan. 4, 2017 7:01 p.m. ET The Obama Administration’s midnight regulation bender has been Continue Reading
Introduction by Smith Young “):” The bad news is that it may take President Trump and Dr. Ben Carson years to kill AFFH and this is what they are up against (as described by the WSJ article below for EPA). Mr. Trump has said his administration will take aim at regulations to undo some of Continue Reading
Introduction by Smith Young “:)” The article below doesn’t mention HUD’s role in helping create the housing shortage, but it does identify: Local building restrictions, meanwhile, have added thousands of dollars to the cost of building so-called starter homes in recent years, builders said. An example of HUD’s manipulation is the HUD questionnaire “America’s Affordable Continue Reading
Introduction by Smith Young “:)” HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, AFFH, rule falls within the most difficult category of regulations to peel back. Here’s a quick read ahead of what’s in the following WSJ article specifically: New Regulations. The third leg of this regulatory reversal is the most difficult: Repealing Obama regulations that went through Continue Reading
Introduction by Smith Young “:)” HUD would like to have it both ways; impose regulations on local governments while increasing affordable housing at the same time. Although not directly related to the AFFH rule, this article demonstrates the trend in which the wealth gap between the poorest and the wealthiest states was steadily closing has Continue Reading
Marco Rubio is a cosponsor of Senate bill S1909 opposing AFFH and Ben Carson wrote an article in the Washington Times comparing AFFH to busing during the 1970’s. We are not promoting Bush’s candidacy, but in this article published in the Wall Street Journal 23 September, “How I’ll Slash the Regulation Tax”, Jeb says he’ll Continue Reading