Rob Astorino Archives - Help STOP Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)

Not over yet, Federal Judge now Requiring Westchester County to Perform a Study

Introduction by Smith Young “:)” Never settle in a lawsuit with HUD, the lesson here is that the federal government is not reasonable, they can’t be, it’s either their way or the highway. How is it fair that HUD’s hit man, the federal monitor, may accept the county’s choice of a consultant or pick his Continue Reading

Smith Young July 9, 2016 Knowledgeable About AFFH James E. Johnson, Rob Astorino, Westchester County 542 Comments

Court ruling a victory for Westchester

IOHUD, The Journal News February 27, 2015 A federal court ruling that limits HUD’s power is a major win for Westchester, which has challenged the federal agency’s demand to rezone communities. (Photo: Carucha L. Meuse/The Journal New) Story Highlights This fight is not about money but about the rule of law, says Astorino. Westchester’s legal Continue Reading

Administrator August 15, 2015 Westchester County, NY AI, Analysis of Impediments, federal court, Rob Astorino, ruling, westchester 535 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"