Plan NH will be working its magic on Newmarket residents with the help of a liberal group called Newmarket Common Ground on October 15, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Newmarket High School.
Imperative that you warn your friends in Newmarket and ask that they attend. They will decide on a warrant article that will be put out for a vote in March 2017 as decided by the school board on October 20.
Do not let these outside groups decide how to spend your school tax dollars!
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A Community Member Explains HUD’s AFFH to Public Officials
Lynn Teger has done an exhaustive amount of research on HUD’s AFFH and the effects certain grants can have on Rockland County, NY. The research and information provided by Lynn can be of immense value in explaining AFFH in your own community.
In August 2016, Rockland County Planning Commission asked Lynn Teger to speak about HUD’s new AFFH rule.
Effectively, these fair housing rules attach strings to federal grants to local communities. Beyond merely guaranteeing that the funds are used for their intended purpose, the requirements open up small communities to lawsuits or loss of local control if federal bureaucrats decide newly approved developments do not meet diversity goals.
A few localities have opted out of federal funding to avoid the requirements imposed by the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program. For suburban decision makers who don’t opt out, the equilibrium result is clear: Err on the side of caution.
Read more…
http://dailysignal.com/2016/10/05/obama-fair-housing-rules-open-door-to-unintended-consequences/
You cannot make this up folks, read to the bottom to be outraged.
Another community has rejected HUD’s AFFH once they discovered their increased legal liabilities. It was good to see residents and public officials working together for the interests of the community.
Also, you will not believe what your realtor CANNOT say in our second article, “Realtors’ Dilemma – When Civil Rights Squash Civil Rights!”
Yet Again! PhD and Public Officials Stop Another HUD AFFH
Wayne Township, NJ is the latest community to reject future HUD grants. Their experience provides a lesson for other jurisdictions.
Wayne Township has been a direct recipient of HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for several years and planned to renew their application for the future. Grant applicants routinely agree to affirmatively further fair housing as a precondition to receiving the funds.
Until citizens spoke up, Wayne officials were unaware that in July 2015, HUD altered both the requirements necessary to affirmatively further fair housing, and their enforcement techniques against violators.
Township officials did not change their mind because alarmist citizens shouted down their plans. Quite the opposite. Well-informed residents of Wayne presented the council with researched facts, supporting data and examples of other jurisdictions that were forced to comply with HUD against community wishes.
After listening to their constituents, the council members conducted their own research. During the lengthy process, a bond of trust developed between officials and community members.
It was in this environment that the council members ultimately rejected future grant money as too risky.
Local resident, Dr. Al Frech, spearheaded much of the joint work and met frequently with the council members over several months. On September 7, 2016, the Mayor officially rejected any future HUD funds involving AFFH. You can see their comments in the video below.
(Go to the following time marks for remarks related to AFFH)
(32:59-34:19 Mayor speaks on CDBG)
(34:36-36:50 Council member omments re: Mayor’s remarks)
(44:17-49:29 Dr. Frech )
(49:48 Council President Comment.)
Two important questions –
Two important questions emerged during the learning process. Why would HUD’s AFFH require massive community re-engineering to forward efforts like economic integration and upward mobility, when the programs are often experimental or based on mixed prior results and inconclusive studies? Why has HUD exceeded their authority under the Fair Housing Act, regardless of good intentions?
The answer lies in the word “regionalism.”
HUD, DOT and the EPA have been instrumental in fostering regionalism since 1993. In 2009, the three agencies formed a “Partnership for Sustainable Development” for the express purpose of merging their unique authorities toward the common goal of advancing sustainable regions. In June 2016, the agency also teamed with the Department of Education to promote regional Equity Assistance Centers to advance income integration in elementary and secondary classrooms.
These agencies are working feverishly to infill suburbs by transplanting urban families into the outlying communities, which then merge with nearby counties and towns into larger regions managed by unelected councils.
Even HUD’s new Assessment of Fair Housing, the document applicants must complete to receive AFFH related grants, requires grant recipients to align their local plan with a regional plan.
From a planning standpoint, this model eliminates issues of local zoning and land use laws, local public officials’ resistance and the not in my backyard (NIMBY) syndrome.
Many public officials are not aware that this process also strips away local rule and undermines voter preferences.
I urge you to listen to Dr. Frech at 44:17 to 49:29 time segments on the accompanying video as he responds to these issues.
As Wayne Township Councilman Jonathan Ettman said, “It shows you how important it is for the public to take part in these meetings.” Their participation “led to additional research and investigation” on our part.”
Wayne Township is a fine example of what happens when community members work closely with their public officials to keep everyone informed.
Realtors’ Dilemma. When Civil Rights Squash… Civil Rights!
Most people look to their realtor to provide helpful advice when buying and selling homes. But, broad interpretations of civil rights laws often prohibit your realtor from stating the information you need most to make a good decision.
A simple remark like “I think you will find this a safe neighborhood with desirable schools”, can land your realtor in legal hot water for a civil rights violation.
According to HUD, the 1968 Fair Housing Act law prevents discrimination against people or groups based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability or family status. But, HUD’s increasingly liberal interpretation of what constitutes discrimination crushes rights was well as protects them.
According to John Relman, partner with the Washington DC legal firm of Relman Dane and Colfax, in a 2015 Time interview, breaking civil rights law can result in payments to the victim for housing and damages, to the government for civil penalties and to the attorney for fees and costs.
No brokerage firm wants to face those risks.
A realtor’s advertisement saying, “No pets or kids,” can discriminate against families. A realtor using a church as a directional point as in, “To find the house, make a left two blocks past the church,” can be deemed coded religious discrimination.
Here is a list of prohibited phrases recently released by MLS:
Safe neighborhoods
Highly desirable school district
Great for extended family
Mother/Daughter
Close to a house of worship
Perfect for empty nesters
If your realtor is less than helpful, she may have little legal choice.
H/T John Anthony
Sustainable Freedom Lab
“HUD is the ‘gold’ standard of dangerously unchecked bureaucracies. “Dangerously” because the agency’s zealous moves already threaten property owners’ choices and undermine the authority of local public officials.
Now HUD wants to move that control into the classroom.
In a joint meeting with members from the Departments of Education and Transportation, HUD presented their plan to embed socio-economic diversity in America’s schoolrooms.
Based on controversial reports, often using HUD provided data; the agency concludes that people living in wealthier areas have a better chance for success. Therefore, they reason, to create upward mobility for voucher recipients, HUD must relocate them into affluent neighborhoods and schools.
The agency is pulling three federal departments together to micro-manage the racial, ethnic and economic mix of students in America’s elementary and secondary classrooms.”
Read more…
http://sustainablefreedomlab.org/2016/08/22/hud-moves-to-dictate-classroom-diversity/
IN case you missed it, Obama, with the help of the usual criminals like John Kerry et al, handed over our sovereign nation to the UN in the form of signing on to the Paris Climate Agreement. Obama says this will make it easier for OTHER COUNTRIES (let that sink in for a minute) to police us. He said as much in the live speech, but many of his words are NOT contained in the official transcripts.
Obama is treasonously touting the UN as a world governing body, when it is NOT.
Read more…
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-calls-paris-agreement-a-turning-point-for-our-planet/
Editor’s note: We are not here to sell things but we feel this DVD could be a very good informational tool to be used at local meetings and gatherings to help people better understand why regionalism, HUD, and other federal agencies are so dangerous to local control.
See how to purchase the DVD from Sustainable Freedom Lab at the end of the article.
Our federal government is dismantling personal property rights in the largest attack on local rule in our nation’s history.
By accusing communities of discrimination and civil rights violations, HUD has ignored Congress and used the Fair Housing Act to grant themselves the authority to control local planning and land use.
HUD’s rule, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) forces communities that accept HUD grants to comply with aggressive federal planning schemes or face bankrupting government-contrived lawsuits.
Our newest DVD, “No Choice – How HUD Controls your Property Rights” blows the lid off HUD’s actions in clear terms all community members can understand.
People do not see the gradual property confiscation because local officials want the grant money and people trust HUD’s goals of helping the poor and ending discrimination.
But, communities can no longer afford to surrender their property rights and choices in exchange for federal agencies “granting” back the money that was always theirs.
People need to understand that government is not helping their communities. These grants are strip away community rights for the sole purpose of adding to federal power over our towns, counties and states. That is why I created this DVD.
SFL’s new DVD, “No Choice” exposes all of HUD’s tactics. The video is broken into 10 chapters to make it easy to access and share information.
Chapter 1: Property Rights Matter – If government can control your property, it can control your behavior. This chapter shows the frightening power the federal government can exercise in anyone’s life when it controls your property.
Chapter 2: Fair Housing Act and AFFH – Explains why and how this administration contorted federal law to grant themselves power over local land use and even overturn voter’s decisions.
Chapter 3: HUD’s New Legal Force – The video details the landmark legal case that gave birth to HUD’s AFFH power grab and the man who makes millions of dollars suing local communities. When people see this chapter, they get steaming mad.
Chapter 4: Creating Your Own Liability – HUD enforces their AFFH rule by encouraging grassroots civil rights organizations to sue their own communities for supposed barriers to fair housing. See how HUD’s actions tear communities apart and pit neighbor against neighbor.
Chapter 5: Regional Annexation – Regions appoint unelected councils that take choices away from voters and divest authority from local public officials. Regions are also easier for the federal government to manage. Learn how HUD’s new rule forces smaller communities to join regions whether they want to or not.
Chapter 6: The Binding “Obligation” –Every community that applies for HUD’s most popular grants must sign a single statement that can lead to a devastating False Claims Act lawsuit. To avoid lawsuits, counties and towns are crumbling to meet HUD’s demands. This chapter shows how legal experts interpret the wording.
Chapter 7: HUD Gets Tough – HUD is issuing compliance reviews, threatening to withhold grant money, engaging in False Claims Act lawsuits, disparate impact suits and taking record numbers of actions against communities. This chapter outlines some of the cases. You will want to share this with your public officials.
Chapter 8: More than Affordable Housing – Everyone in America should watch this single chapter. HUD is no longer merely about affordable housing. The agency has already said their new rule is just a platform for advancing a suitcase full of costly programs in communities. Learn about “upward mobility”, “socioeconomic diversity”, “Regional Equity Assistance Centers”, “behavioral messaging” and more programs that threaten to remake your community. HUD has even partnered with the departments of Education and Transportation to redesign entire communities. If your town refuses to comply, local officials can expect the grant funds to be withdrawn or to face charges of civil rights violations, or failure to affirmatively further fair housing and more.
Chapter 9: How to Stop AFFH – The 2nd circuit Federal court explains how to avoid the increased liability from HUD grants.
Chapter 10: Resources – We can stop HUD and the federal government from centrally planning our communities. This chapter outlines more tools and programs to help you learn about and end government overreach.
Yet another ‘non-binding international agreement’. The New Urban Agenda will be adopted this October and will shape city development for the next 20 years. ⁃ TN Editor
The agenda is a non-binding international agreement designed to shape urban development over the next two decades. It will be formally adopted at the UN Habitat IIIsummit in Quito, Ecuador, from October 17-20, 2016.
Read about Agenda 2030 to understand what is behind ‘regionalism’ and the push by the federal government to hand out grants so towns an cities can start complying.
Read more: The New Urban Agenda Heads To Habitat III
You are getting a second notification about this post because it has been changed with an important update: Plan Marlow action file is now available. Download here Plan Marlow
Please download the above PDF file for a complete analysis of the “Plan Marlow” program being considered for the town of Marlow, NH before September 24th. Please get it into the hands of as many people in Marlow as possible.
On September 24th the Town of Marlow will host an event that you MUST ATTEND.
Please see details at the FaceBook Page “What is Plan Marlow”?
https://www.facebook.com/PlanMarlow/
Event listing:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1348008668561162/
Watch these guys… they get it.
They discuss regionalism and its purpose, how it relates to the Russian Revolution, and what the consequences would be for the people of NH if they don’t wake up and oppose things like Common Core and “master plans” and the taking of your land and water.
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