President Obama’s wildly overreaching and altogether transformative Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation is the real threat to the autonomy of our local city council. Has the Republican leadership in Congress included in the Omnibus funding bill the amendment defunding AFFH proposed by Representative Paul Gosar (R., Ariz,) and passed by the House this past spring. As the root justification for all progressive initiatives, this regulation is structured to redistribute wealth from the haves to the have-nots and they do that by taking control of the zoning process.
I guess we have to wait until the bill is passed before we find out what is included!
"Mr. Obama’s AFFH rule seeks to radically reinvent local zoning laws in the United States – reengineering America neighborhoods based on racial and ethnic quotas. Under the rule’s assessment tool, local governments are required to “identify neighborhoods or areas in the jurisdiction and region where racial/ ethnic groups are segregated.”
Specifically, Mr. Obama’s AFFH rule seeks to radically reinvent local zoning laws in the United States – reengineering America neighborhoods based on racial and ethnic quotas. Under the rule’s assessment tool, local governments are required to “identify neighborhoods or areas in the jurisdiction and region where racial/ ethnic groups are segregated.” Next the rule compels them to “identify significant determinants that influence or contribute to those issues, and set forth fair housing priorities and goals to address fair housing issues and determinants.”
Refusal to comply with these invasive, unfunded mandates would empower the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withhold millions of dollars in community development block grants from the area – effectively turning this $3.5 billion annual program into a political redistricting tool."AFFH Regulation
"Mr. Obama’s AFFH rule seeks to radically reinvent local zoning laws in the United States – reengineering America neighborhoods based on racial and ethnic quotas. Under the rule’s assessment tool, local governments are required to “identify neighborhoods or areas in the jurisdiction and region where racial/ ethnic groups are segregated.”
Specifically, Mr. Obama’s AFFH rule seeks to radically reinvent local zoning laws in the United States – reengineering America neighborhoods based on racial and ethnic quotas. Under the rule’s assessment tool, local governments are required to “identify neighborhoods or areas in the jurisdiction and region where racial/ ethnic groups are segregated.” Next the rule compels them to “identify significant determinants that influence or contribute to those issues, and set forth fair housing priorities and goals to address fair housing issues and determinants.”
Refusal to comply with these invasive, unfunded mandates would empower the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withhold millions of dollars in community development block grants from the area – effectively turning this $3.5 billion annual program into a political redistricting tool."AFFH Regulation
To preserve our autonomy, the City needs to decline any HUD block grants, because these grants all come with "strings" attached.
Tell your city council person to keep us out of the web of HUD rules and regulations by declining to apply for HUD block grants.
I am just seeing all these as my neighborhood had no idea this was all going on... Question how does low income Senior living effect housing values is it the same result you see with multifamily? Also will only 1 out of the 3 actually be approved or can we pretty much guarantee all 3 will be approved and Georgetown will be headed for disaster?
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