Rita Young, Author at Help STOP Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)

Big Brother HUD Decides Your Property Value and Your Neighbors

By: alecstates (Diary) | August 28th, 2015 There was a time in recent American history when local governments didn’t depend on grants from federal agencies for zoning and permitting decisions. Sadly, those days appear to be over. If your city or county accepts money from the federal government via Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Continue Reading

Rita Young September 3, 2015 Westchester County, NY 1,193 Comments

Controversial Low Income Impediments Accepted by the County, DougCo

The 4 year old document below, “2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice” was found on the Douglas County, CO, website, contracted to analyze impediments to fair housing in Douglas County. The seed for the new HUD AFFH rule as it effects Douglas County can be traced back to this initial research supporting the Continue Reading

Rita Young August 5, 2015 Douglas County, CO cdbg, douglas county 693 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"