May 17, 2016

Susan Collins moves to prevent AFFH defund

(Paul Mirengoff) Sen. Susan Collins has filed an AFFH amendment that instead of defunding the program, as Sen. Mike Lee's amendment would do, provides that the Department of Housing and Urban Development cannot "direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out" enforcement of AFFH. The amendment is designed to give Senators a means of pretending to defend localities and municipalities against AFFH, without actually

Source: Power Line