26 Jul BREAKING NEWS UPDATE! HUD’s Disturbingly Worthless Words
I just returned from the high energy Media Row at the 2016 GOP Convention in Cleveland, OH. It was awesome to rub shoulders with the likes of Former Ambassador John...
09 Jul BREAKING NEWS UPDATE! More Counties Dump HUD
Two more counties, Sedgwick, Kansas and Douglas, Colorado joined the surge of communities rejecting grants covered by HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. The radical new regulation expands the agency’s...
23 Jun Obama Feasts on Ignorance to Devour Property Rights
By John Anthony President Obama is successfully executing the most dangerous seizure of individual choice in our history because Americans are growing blind to the bond between property rights and human rights. While farm owners surrender their land development...
08 Jun Despite Denials, HUD Does Control Local Zoning
Public officials across the nation are discovering that HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule jeopardizes local zoning control. HUD is scrambling to deny this with befuddling information. The Federal Register...
31 May Meet the Man Who Saves Futures
If information is power, Rob Astorino has enough to shatter the administration’s media halo and send HUD officials slithering behind their stacks of regulations. Astorino is the County Executive for Westchester...
27 May Meet the Man who Saves Futures
If information is power, Rob Astorino has enough to shatter the administration’s media halo and send HUD officials slithering behind their stacks of regulations. Astorino is the County Executive for Westchester...
18 May Urgent: Lee Amendment Can Stop HUD AFFH!
Senator Mike Lee has proposed an amendment that is likely to come up for a vote this week in the Senate. This would remove the funding for HUD's new rule, Affirmatively Furthering Fair...
08 May Busting 3 Delusions about HUD Grants
HUD's new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule turns grant money into a legal liability that pits community members against one another and decimates local authority. Yet many jurisdictions are so...
26 Apr Why One Town Said “NO” to HUD
When Castle Rock, CO refused to apply for a HUD grant, the recipients of the money were upset. But, Castle Rock had done their homework. Their response to the grantees...
12 Apr HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing updates 4.12.2016
One challenge local public officials and their advising attorneys face is deciphering the effects of the expanding influence of federal agencies on your community. For example: The complexities of meeting revised...