Posted on 07/04/2020 4:10:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he may end one Obama-era housing rule, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH).
“At the request of many great Americans who live in the Suburbs, and others, I am studying the AFFH housing regulation that is having a devastating impact on these once thriving Suburban areas. Corrupt Joe Biden wants to make them MUCH WORSE,” he wrote on a Twitter post. “Not fair to homeowners, I may END!”
At the request of many great Americans who live in the Suburbs, and others, I am studying the AFFH housing regulation that is having a devastating impact on these once thriving Suburban areas. Corrupt Joe Biden wants to make them MUCH WORSE. Not fair to homeowners, I may END!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2020
The Obama administration published the AFFH rule in July 2015 to impose several legal obligations on local governments, including reviewing fair housing based on maps and tools provided by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and submitting plans—known as consolidated plans or ConPlan—every five years.
Trump’s announcement came as the HUD stopped aggressively implementing the AFFH rule.
HUD suspended the obligation of local governments to file consolidated plans under the regulation in January 2018 and withdrew a computer assessment tool required to be used in preparing those plans in May 2018.
In the latest rule (pdf) published on Jan. 7, 2020, HUD changed the definition of AFFH shifting the emphasis from “address[ing] significant disparities in housing” to “advancing fair housing choice within the program participant’s control or influence.”
HUD also gave more flexibility to local governments to identify common barriers to fair housing choice.
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This should have been done on Day 1.
Maybe this getting rid of Kushner’s Woke baggage
People just want to live in an area with “good schools”.
Announcing it allows the Left to martial their forces for legal challenges, complaining to their media, etc...
Was this Obama’s plan to ghettoize the suburbs?
Absolutely.
I have unhappy personal knowledge of Section 8 and related stories. All bad.
Get rid of the entire Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is not a federal responsibility.
Obama Housing Rule Devastates Suburban Areas
That’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
Yes!
Agreed
Not to worry, the order will be suspended nation wide by a Federal Judge in California/Hawaii.
Can we say Overregulation?
Yes, I knew we could.
All rational people just want to be left alone
You mean like when you work all your life to move into your dream home and the inner city piece of SHIT (who walks around your neighborhood with his pants around his knees checking doors at night) moves in right next door - 100% free ride all paid courtesy of Uncle Sugar?
I’m kind of surprised trump hasn’t done it
Yeah.
Quotas for suburbs.
Does it affect sale, construction, zoning? The only thing mentioned is it requires more studies and paperwork for the locals. Does it add to the cost of building/buying a home?
Yeah, for starters.
Bump
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