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THE AMERICAN COALITION 4 PROPER] <br />Requested information submitted to <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 2017 LIX3ILSATIVI <br />by: Speaker Phyllis Frey <br />December 21, 2016 <br />'Y RIGHTS <br />DELIGATION <br />;islative topic: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, <br />Housing and Urban Development <br />Issue statement: Under the Affirmatively Furthering Fair I lousing rule, ifa <br />city, county or state accepts HUD grants containing the AFFH rule, .HUTS <br />bypasses local home rule of law. I-RJD then controls planning, zoning, land <br />use and forces local municipalities to join a region. Lawsuits by the <br />Department of Justice will ensue following a compliance review. <br />Florida statute 123, Chapter 186.507 charges Regional Planning Councils <br />with adopting strategic policy plans that address affordable housing. By <br />using grants that contain the AFFH. rule, local communities are now <br />controlled by the RYC's and the AF'FI-1 federal mandates. <br />Amendments to existing legislation must include the prevention of. the <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (IIt,D) from implementing <br />the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. <br />Statistics: Statistics show that in August, 2015 a developer in Rockford, <br />Illinois proposed 69 affordable housing units. The town council, the county <br />Board and the public decided to build 49 units instead. HUI) responded with <br />a compliance review for failure to affirmatively further housing with a threat <br />to refer the case to the Department of Justice. The local council and Board <br />reversed their vote. <br />The landmark case in Westchester county, NY arose when I IUD mandated <br />that 750 affordable housing units be developed in the community. HUD <br />attempted to dismantle local land use control and zoning ordinances by with <br />holding grants. '1'he County insisted that 1 -HUD violated home rule provisions <br />of the state of NY and fought 1 -IUD's anti -constitutional mandates for seven <br />years. <br />11 Jl.) is receiving increasing numbers of third party AI"FI-I-related <br />complaints in NY, DIE IL, LA, W1 and CA where lawsuits are forcing <br />communities into line. http://www.sustainablefreedomlab.org <br />\v.sustainab1efreedolnlab.org <br />In Indian River County, the city of Fel lsmere recently received a <br />Community Development Block Grant. On December 13, 2016 the IRC <br />Board of County Commissioners announced a pending CDBG for 2019. The <br />