NAACP cry babies at it again
The latest peice of bullshit from the neverending pile that is the NAACP........
Kyle Texas is on the edge of the growing wave of Austin centered rapid growth, also including bastrop, pflugerville, georgetown, and a few others , are all being stimulated by the proximity of Austin, and associated economic potential. In veiw of the growth and economic potential of some of these areas, some speculation of future markets are forming, and business is reacting proactively........The following is from Nahb the National Asscociation of homebuilder site................................
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NAACP and NAHB v. City of Kyle, Texas (Fair Housing Discrimination) |
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On November 22, 2005, NAACP, NAHB, and the HBA of Greater Austin, filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Kyle. The complaint alleges that ordinances passed by the Kyle City Council, imposing requirements such as all-masonry construction, expanded home size, and expanded garage size, drive up the cost of starter homes by over $38,000 per new unit. We allege that this increase has a disproportionate impact in pricing African Americans and other minorities out of the new home market, and that such a disparate effect violates the FHA. (uh.....EXCUSE ME!!!....I am white, and I can't afford that either and Im pulling roughly 70 a year)
The City of Kyle filed a motion to dismiss, asserting that both NAACP and NAHB lack standing. We filed our brief defending standing, and in June 2006, a magistrate issued a recommendation that NAHB and NAACP be granted standing. The federal district court adopted the recommendation and recognized our standing in July 2006.
Thereafter, the cities of Manor, Round Rock, Pflugerville, and Jonestown, all moved to join the litigation on the grounds that they each have ordinances similar to the one being challenged in Kyle and that any positive decision in this case would allow NAHB and NAACP to sue them at some later date. In November 2006, we filed a brief to argue that the ordinances in other cities are not at issue in this case, the other cites have no interest or claim here, and allowing them to intervene would only cause confusion and delay without any benefit to the case. Agreeing with NAHB, the court determined in May 2007 that the cities could participate as friends of the court but may not join in the litigation otherwise...(sounds like bullshit to me, keep them divided and then pick them off 1x1)
Summary judgment briefing to address the merits of the disparate effect claim was completed in September 2007. The summary judgment motion by the City was denied, and a week-long trial is scheduled for February 11 - 15, 2008.
My thoughts on this is.....capitalism vs socialism....if you cant afford it dont buy it.....if a particular group cant cut it, that is the parrticular groups problem.......in other words (more crudely put) Get off your ass, get a better education, get a better job, quit whining......its your life deal with it or shut up.....riff
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