From American Policy Center…<\/p>\n
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson has heard us!<\/p>\n
He has taken steps to roll back at least some of the worst components of the Obama-era attacks on private property and federal overreach.<\/strong><\/p>\n Specifically, HUD announced that it is withdrawing use of a computer assessment tool that maps every single neighborhood to gauge if the community is in compliance with \u201cfair housing\u201d grant rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n This \u201ctool,\u201d enforced by HUD, has made every community which applies for its grants to complete an \u201cAssessment of Fair Housing,\u201d using its computer program \u2013 or \u201cassessment tool\u201d to identify all \u201ccontributing factors\u201d to housing discrimination.<\/p>\n The information to be gathered includes a complete breakdown of race, income levels, religion, and national origin of every single person living in the community.<\/p>\n HUD then uses this information to determine if the neighborhood meets a preset \u201cbalance,\u201d determined by HUD.<\/p>\n Second, HUD has demanded a detailed plan showing how the community intends to eliminate the \u201ccontributing factors\u201d to this supposed \u201cimbalance.\u201d<\/p>\n The community is then obligated to do this assessment every five years!<\/p>\n To produce the community\u2019s plan for compliance, HUD rules demand that a wide array of \u201cinterested parties\u201d participate in its creation. Guess who they are?!! Planners. Civic activist organizations. Affordable housing developers.<\/p>\n In short \u2013 all the people who have a stake in gaining political power or big bucks from the grant programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is nothing but social engineering of every neighborhood in America.<\/em><\/p>\n Remember, just a few weeks ago I warned of cities like Minneapolis and the state of Oregon taking steps to eliminate zoning protections for single family homes. That assault on private property is a direct result of the HUD AFFH regulations. The goal is to eventually force everyone into stack and pack high rise apartments in the name of Sustainable Development Smart Growth.<\/p>\n It is the destruction pf private property rights and property values. And it is a ploy by the federal government to dictate policy over local office holders. <\/p>\n Secretary Carson is trying to take action to roll back this outrageous federal overreach leftover from Obama and restore private property protection. <\/p>\n Secretary Carson knows that the only true fair housing is private property in which the owner is able to build personal wealth. That is the only true way to eliminate poverty \u2013 not social engineering that damages the rights and futures of everyone! <\/p>\n But those powerful Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like the National Fair Housing Alliance are outraged and have filed a law suit to stop Carson. <\/p>\n Two months ago, when Secretary Carson asked for public comment on his plans to roll back the AFFH rule, APC submitted 1,000s of comments from our supporters opposing the very existence of the rule.<\/p>\n He heard us. He is trying. But he is being blocked every step of the way by those socialist forces who are determined to destroy the very existence of private property along with your ability to choose where and how you want to live.<\/p>\n According to these social engineers, for you to live in a home of your choosing is now racist and a social injustice!<\/p>\n My American Policy Center (APC) is one of the only groups in the nation fighting for the protection of private property. <\/p>\n I am sounding the alarm.<\/p>\n I am teaching local activists how to fight back.<\/p>\n I am reaching out to local and state officials to warn them of the trap if they accept these grants.<\/p>\n