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Reboundng and Finding Money after Community Declines HUD Grants

It was immediately apparent that a vacuum was created after Douglas County Colorado Board of Commissioners voted to decline taking HUD grants. As part of the decision, a proposal was made to seek alternative sources of funds, specifically to evaluate the prospect of establishing a fund(s) for matching donations given to existing non-profit grant recipients. Continue Reading

Smith Young October 16, 2016 Douglas County, CO,Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips charities, non-profits, PHA 1,191 Comments

Alert to Local Governments

This is a simple brochure intended to alert unsuspecting local governments that the ground rules for accepting HUD grants has changed. HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Alert to Local Governments Local officials need to be alerted to a massive Federal takeover of our communities. As of July 16, 2015, HUD has a new Continue Reading

Smith Young February 29, 2016 AFFH with Strings Attached,Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips brochure, H.R.1995, S.1909 1,025 Comments

Colorado Republican Party Platform Resolution Proposal

This proposal is being submitted and distributed to the Colorado Republican Caucus as a resolution for the Republican Party Platform. “:)” Proposal Colorado Republican Party Platform Resolution March 1, 2016 Opposition to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule The Colorado Republican Party Supports: S. Senate bill S.1909 (withdraw the AFFH Tool) House bill H.R.1995 opposing Continue Reading

Smith Young February 29, 2016 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips caucus, H.R.l1995, platform, resolution, S.1909 330 Comments

Video, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in Five Minutes

Sustainable Freedom Lab “HOW TO BEAT AFFH NOW” by John Anthony Describes the effects of HUD’s new AFFH ruling on local zoning laws and land use.

Smith Young February 20, 2016 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips John Anthony, land use, zoning 1,630 Comments

An HOA Handout: Analysis of Impediments (AI) Accepted by a Grantee

An HOA Handout Analysis of Impediments (AI) Accepted by Douglas County Does your community have a similar AI? The 4 year old document below, “2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice” by BBC RESEARCH & CONSULTING, contracted to analyze impediments to fair housing in Douglas County. The seeds for the new HUD AFFH rule Continue Reading

Smith Young October 4, 2015 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips 695 Comments

Handout to HOA: Alert to Douglas County Residents

The following is intended for use by activists attending HOA meetings. Copy into Word, modify, and print copies for distribution. Alert to Douglas County Residents As concerned citizens, we feel our local officials need to be alerted to a massive Federal takeover of our communities As of July 16, 2015, HUD has a new Continue Reading

Smith Young September 25, 2015 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips douglas county, HOA, Stanley Kurtz 761 Comments

Government Deceit and Lies

Get to know answers to HUD advocate Lies Denver Metro Fair Housing Center click here: About AFFH

Smith Young September 23, 2015 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips lies 756 Comments

HOA Covenants Defenseless Against HUD AFFH

Homeowner Associations need to be notified about the new insultingly misnamed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, AFFH, rule and HUD’s intent on ignoring local zoning laws, not the least of which are HOA covenants. Neighborhoods with HOA’s are typically in desireable suburb locations where the value of both the homes within the HOA and the surrounding Continue Reading

Administrator August 23, 2015 Misc Letters, Handouts, and Tips HOA 765 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"