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House Passes uosar Amendment Protecting Local Zoning Rights from Federal Overreach... Page 3 of 4 <br />The AFFH regulation will increase local taxes, depress property values, <br />and cause further harm to impoverished communities that are actually in <br />need of these funds According to reports, in 2012, this rule would have <br />negatively imoacted more than 1,200 municipalities throughout the <br />country, costing these communities to forfeit millions that are meant help <br />the neediest families. <br />A trial run of the AFFH rule already took place in New York state. The <br />rule was a failure and a local county was initially forced to forego $12 <br />million in funds that would have benefited the community due to the <br />impractical and unrealistic requirernents associated with misguided <br />agency regulation. The county had intended to use a large portion of <br />these block grant funds to establish public housing for individuals in <br />need, <br />Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and <br />writer for National Review, has been following this issue -for years and <br />published an article prior to the vote entitled, Obama's Next <br />Transformation: And How to Stop It <br />CONGRESSMAN <br />Ji1 <br />Hun Ilonar trA,11,1te1 1f P",r+ o' <br />