After Census Severs Ties, ACORN May Face Scrutiny of Housing Grants (Gets HUD Money)

Foxnews ^ | 9/12/2009 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

Conservatives have cheered the Census Bureau's decision to sever ties with ACORN because it had lost confidence in the group, but the hidden-camera videos that prompted ACORN to fire four workers this week could raise more questions about the federal funding ACORN receives for housing outreach.

ACORN Housing Corporation received $1.6 million to provide housing services to low-income communities in this fiscal year, ending Sept. 30, according to USASpending.gov, a federal government Web site for tracking government grants.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Grants has given $8.2 million to ACORN in the years between 2003 and 2006, as well as $1.6million to ACORN affiliates.

HUD could not be reached for comment.

[Red in Blue PA]

If you are taking millions of taxpayer funds, you damn well better make someone available for comment.

[BlessedBeGod]

Already posted in Breaking News.

[Red in Blue PA]

Yes, I missed it. Mods can pull this thread.

[UncleVanya]

TAKE ACTION NOW - NO MORE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES
The thing we have to do now, without any hesitation, is vote out this current Congress in 2010. Then take back our Nation in 2012. If we do not mobilize ourselves and others now to do this in ways far beyond where most of us have ever engaged in political matters, we will lose this country. And have ourselves to blame.
FRIENDS, WE CAN NO LONGER JUST 'PREACH TO THE CHOIR' -- WE MUST CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO ALL WE KNOW AND ACT NOW. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

[SaraJohnson]

Don’t hold your breathe on HUD. Census is math; HUD is communist.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Get the billions back that has already been funneled to ACORN leaders. Confiscate all of their property and assets that they have bought with that money. You know like they did with Bernie Madoff.

[bobaloobob]

That’s so....so funny.In the full article ...Acorn said they would take legal action against Fox.

HEhe...that cracks me up I tell you!!What for?!

To get their heads covered now?... that they are waist deep in sh*t now and they want to expose themselves further and be covered up in it.

The election frauds are being exposed at this time also....let’s just keep on going til we find that trail to the Community Organizers bank account in the Caymans where we can find HIS take of that 8.2 million $.He got his cut of that and it been laundered to somewhere.

[willk]

I wish someone would file a class action lawsuit against ACORN. This would be the first time I would be supportive of using it.

[Gaffer]

I would be willing to bet anyone that, although USCB has publically disavowed the ACORN partnership, they have been steadfastly hiring ‘temporary’ workers to participate in the Census....guess where this group of temporary workers will come from? Hmmmm?