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Applicants must Ilse 11111)'S' data tables and jurisdictions o/1 regional <br />trending snaps to design your plan to rentove the barriers and comply with <br />adjoining counties and regions. By requiring your connnunrly to compare <br />,your demographics with those of the region, HUD assures that your <br />zoning plans will conform to the regional zoning plans. This effectively <br />annexes your community with the region. <br />HUD's documentation clearly states quote, "This rule does rl01 impose (Ill) <br />land use 0r zoning laws on a/11' goverllrlhent.".Ella quote. But paragraphs <br />later, the sante rule says quote, "HUD will assist recipient to adjust their <br />land use and zoning laws to meet the legal obligations of AFFIL.".End <br />quote. So, while. MID says it does not personally affect your zoning I(li►'s, <br />if you take the grant looney, they 11 'ILL obligate you to intpose thein. <br />The legal obligation HUD refers to is a statement applicants- must sign, <br />quote, "Your jurisdiction agrees 10 tape no action materially inconsistent <br />with its obligation t0 (Ifflr/)latii'eIv fhrrther fair housing." End quote. <br />Under 4 F II regulation, your co!n1nh(Irlty tt'ill lose control of local zoning <br />aizd lana use and you can be reed to join a region whether you want t0 <br />or not. <br />According to legal analysts Fo.v Rothschild, LLP attorneys at law, tIzis <br />.statement establishes the basis for False Claims Act lawsuits, by the <br />Department of' Justice or private individuals. <br />When a grant recipient fails to affirmatively further fair (housing, HUD <br />can respond with a compliance review, loss of grant mo/lt.{', or lawsuits. <br />Lawsuits- can also he initialed by third parties, the very same people that <br />you invited to participate in your C01111IIlllliiy's fair housin'ig assessment. <br />Here's an example. In August of 2015, a developer proposed 69 affordable <br />housing units in Roc/ ford, Illinois. The town council, the county Board <br />and the public decided to bui/d 49 logits instead 01.69. Shortly' after the <br />decision, HUD received a complaint against Roc/,ford for choosing fewer <br />lholising units. HUD responded with a compliance re►'iew f{)r potential civil <br />rights violations, failure to affirmatively farther fair /lousing with a threat <br />to refer the case to the Department OJ'Justice. Public officials reversed the <br />vote. <br />HUD is ret eiringr Increasing numbers of third party .4 H' IM -related <br />complaints in r Y, DE, IL, LA, WI and CA, ---the list goes on--- where <br />iv1 J3 <br />