Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look at these photographs and draw your own conclusion, but ask yourself why HUD selects and presents these photo’s. Maybe not a conspiracy, but these comparative photographs reveal part of HUD’s world view as a government department for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, AFFH. Memorize the bottom photograph and freeze Continue Reading
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
Excerpt from: American Thinker – “Obama’s Endgame” Eileen Toplansky, July 13, 2015 (3 days before the AFFH rule was posted in the Federal Register, becoming official policy) In essence, the AFFH “gives the federal government a lever to re-engineer nearly every American neighborhood – imposing a preferred racial and ethnic composition, densifying housing, transportation, and Continue Reading
‘Mandatory inclusionary zoning’ is the central principle Wall Street Journal By Josh Barbanel, July 31, 2015 During his 2013 mayoral campaign, Bill de Blasio vowed to require developers who benefit from future city zoning changes to include large numbers of affordable apartments in their projects. Nineteen months later, he has unveiled a plan to make Continue Reading