Obama administration to unveil major new rules targeting segregation across U.S.

The Washington Post ^ | 07/08/2015 | Emily Badger

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: will require cities and towns all over the country to scrutinize their housing patterns for racial bias and to publicly report, every three to five years, the results. ::

Seems to me that Fed-zilla can only regulate and threaten States (of which cities are a part). Cities can ignore this regulation unless it comes down from their respective State.

[mykroar]

Officials insist that they want to work with and not punish communities where segregation exists. But the new reports — based on a vast trove of geographic data HUD will provide — will make it harder to conceal when communities consistently flout the law. And in the most flagrant cases, HUD holds out the possibility of withholding a portion of the billions of dollars of federal funding it hands out each year.

Nope. No punishment at all. Not one bit.

[subterfuge]

Also code for ‘the government will need to extract a few more hundreds of billions of dollars from the US taxpayer.’

[Norm Lenhart]

No, you go to where a safe place to raise your family is and create the jobs you need. There are a ton of jobs in Iraq and syria right now. Probably not conductive to a long family life to work there either.

[fatnotlazy]

Just another way for Obama to destroy the middle class. He can't stand for those privileged white folks to have anything. So whatever they have, he wants to take it away and give to “his people.”

[TYVets]

St Louis, Missouri

1950 Population 850,000

2010 Population 320,000

Population decline 62%

[BilLies]

Should have noted “It is not the color but the culture that degrades.”

[taildragger]

OMG...he said he would do this... Chalk another accomplishment up for Obama.HUD Housing coming soon next to your McMansion.

I can't wait to see how he finagles in his remaining time; Student Debt Forgiveness, Marijuana Decriminalization Nationwide, Draconian changes to the 2nd Admendment, and forced Gov't Bond Purchases ( some new sort of Bond is not out the question) within your 401k, 403b, 457, etc etc etc.

[Biggirl]

BOTH are important.

Just refining the debate.

In time the cities will need to be rebuilt.

[Truth29]

"They do not have to have jobs. The Government will give them everything the want, money to spend, a fully furnished house or apartment to live, food to eat, water and electricity paid for. Not only that, the Government will make sure that they have access to all the drugs and sex they desire. And the best part of it all is you and I will be paying for it"

Plus a proportion of the newly exposed working citizenry will be mugged and killed to even out the unfair disparity of black and white statistics.

[taildragger]

Big Brother at it again

Will this be the equivalent of that out of control power hungry or worse Building Inspector on Steroids? Essentially if this HUD function has local reps IMHO that is what it could become. Now you'd have to pedal to both their cadences.....

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

It’s not the race; it’s the culture.

Characteristics a good culture passes on:
Individual responsibility (#1!)
Hard work
Not complaining
Learning and education
Respecting other’s property
etc.

Characteristics a bad culture passes on:
Collective responsibility (it’s not my fault; feed me; house me; “that’s government’s job”)
Victim mentality
Learning and education are bad
No respect for other’s property
etc.

We want to live with people from a good culture. It’s not race.

[Norm Lenhart]

Generally I’m of the belief that the current cesspools should be allowed to collapse with their liberals in them and new cities, filed with the refugees (us), built/guarded against invasion by liberals.

We cannot fix liberalism or liberals. We cannot coexist with liberalism or liberals and we better start actively dealing with that fact.

[MNDude]

When they run out of money, this will stop. What’ll become of the section 8 residents in cold Minneapolis in winter if the government can’t pay for heat?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

There goes the neighborhood! ;)

[sport]

I agree.

[Biggirl]

I say to correct you, rebuild what you have, because it will cost more to build new, it will not work. I stand on my position.

Plus I am right, you go where the jobs are.

[cld51860]

I smell Agenda 21.

[Biggirl]

People can and do change, they can go from liberal to conservative, it has happened.