Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
by Smith Young I started this article as a draft a few weeks ago triggered by reading about the courts role in pushing back on EPA regulations and asking why not push back HUD too. Although the facts associated with HUD and the EPA are totally different, the canonical form of the cases appears to Continue Reading
October 11, 2015 Letter Summarizing the Impact of the AFFH Rule As considered by The Town of Parker, CO INTENDED AUDIENCE: Colorado elected officials, policy makers, and support staff PREREQUISITE: A minimal understanding of the new HUD AFFH Rule (suggest www.affh.net/about/ ) RE: / Letter of Understanding sent to Mayor and Town of Parker Council Continue Reading
This is the original, first of it’s kind, 2007 national report on the cost of zoning regulations as they affect a single family dwelling. Recommendations in this report have since been used by the Obama administration to fraudulently twist and reuse for the development of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, AFFH, Rule to impose on Continue Reading
Competitive Enterprise Institute – HUD’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule Is about Social Engineering, Not Desegregation By Hans Bader, July 20, 2015 Failure to meet a racial quota is not the same thing as segregation. That basic fact has eluded the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which recently adopted a rule called “Affirmatively Furthering Continue Reading
This is perhaps the longest article posted on this website. It’s a remarkably complete interpretation, rational, and history behind this historic decision. The court said there was “no finding” of discrimination, but largely sided with HUD demonstrating just how much control the federal government has over grantees. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. COUNTY Continue Reading
War on Suburbs: Obama, Julian Castro Rev Up Affirmative Action Housing brietbart.com, by Michael Patrick Leahy July 29, 2015 President Obama and a famous Castro brother are uniting to subjugate American suburbs with the unlawful “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” (AFFH) and no one in the mainstream media seems to care. The Castro in question Continue Reading
HUD: Decades of Trying to Solve The Wrong Problem at HUD That regulation ignores Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which states that “desegregation” doesn’t mean the elimination of “racial imbalance.” The Wall Street Journal Letters to the Editor, September 19, 2015 Vann Ellison and James Pettit rightly criticize the federal Continue Reading
At 50, This Housing Policy Needs a Big Renovation Bad for America Published in the Wall Street Journal By VANN ELLISON And JAMES PETTIT Sept. 8, 2015 7:32 p.m. ET By Rev. Ellison, president and CEO of Naples, Fla.,-based St. Matthew’s House, a nonprofit organization providing homeless assistance. HUD’s mismanagement and mission creep have made it Continue Reading