Talking Points

As concerned citizens, we feel our local officials need to be alerted to this threat of federal takeover, the affect of not heating up the water so fast that the frog jumps out of the pan, specifically, the new rule:

Expose our community to millions in lawsuits when either HUD or third party disagree with local government analysis using the new AFFH tool

Rob local control from the elected officials we know and instead hand it over to local government employees under the thumb and supervision of DC bureaucrats

Will increase taxes by requiring our communities to expand and build an infrastructure for low income housing that strains our highways, and schools, etc. and in some cases extends the cities with light rail

Destroys our property values

Following is the short list of problems reported during the 30-day review period after the new AFFH rule went into affect July 16, 2015:

HUD is attempting to impose requirements that go beyond what the 1968 Fair Housing Act demands
The new rule attempts to block private choice and the history of American growth in establishing new residential patterns
Considering statistical data relating to issues remotely related to housing such as education and transportation
Race baiting analysis and response of demographic data that should instead be colorblind

Administrator September 2, 2015 Comments Off on Talking Points

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"