We all know the help Acorn gave the Democrats in
Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN
Republicans say voter registration and community groups like ACORN could be eligible for funding under the Democrats' economic stimulus bill.
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that ACORN, the low-income advocacy group under investigation for voter registration fraud, could be eligible for billions in aid from the economic stimulus proposal working its way through the House.
House Republican Leader John Boehner issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for "neighborhood stabilization activities."
He said the money was previously limited to state and local governments, but that Democrats now want part of it to be available to non-profit entities. That means groups like ACORN would be eligible for a portion of the funds.Excerpted from FoxNews.com.
Well, 4 Billion is certainly a nice hunk of change.
ReplyDeleteWith all the fuss there was before election day, warning of potential errors and another stolen election in the works by Republicans...I find it interesting that when Obama won, there were pretty much ZERO reported voting problems!
The last 8 years of elections were filled with voting fraud, manipulation, etc.
But suddenly in 2008... perfect.
Really?!
Seems to me that the Republicans are philosophically opposed to poor people organizing. This is also in line with their anti-union stance. The only people who should be organized should be the wealthy, ruling class - the better to control the majority of the population.
ReplyDeleteSo - the GOP stance is completely consistent.
" Eric said...
ReplyDeleteSeems to me that the Republicans are philosophically opposed to poor people organizing. "
If they are organizing to get Democratic candidates elected to office, I am opposed to having my tax dollars sent to them. There may be community organizing groups that are honorable and doing good things. Acorn is not one of them.
$4,190,000,000, to be used for neigh7
ReplyDeleteborhood stabilization activities related to emergency as8
sistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and fore9
closed homes as authorized under division B, title III of
10 the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public
11 Law 110–289), of which—
12 (1) not less than $3,440,000,000 shall be allo13
cated by a competition for which eligible entities
14 shall be States, units of general local government,
15 and nonprofit entities or consortia of nonprofit enti16
ties: Provided, That the award criteria for such com17
petition shall include grantee capacity, leveraging
18 potential, targeted impact of foreclosure prevention,
19 and any additional factors determined by the Sec20
retary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided
21 further, that the Secretary may establish a minimum
22 grant size: Provided further, That amounts made
23 available under this Section may be used to (A) es24
tablish financing mechanisms for purchase and rede25
velopment of foreclosed-upon homes and residential
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1 properties, including such mechanisms as soft-sec2
onds, loan loss reserves, and shared-equity loans for
3 low- and moderate-income homebuyers; (B) purchase
4 and rehabilitate homes and residential properties
5 that have been abandoned or foreclosed upon, in
6 order to sell or rent such homes and properties; (C)
7 establish and operate land banks for homes that
8 have been foreclosed upon; (D) demolish foreclosed
9 properties that have become blighted structures; and
10 (E) redevelop demolished or vacant foreclosed prop11
erties in order to sell or rent such properties; and
12 (2) up to $750,000,000 shall be awarded by
13 competition to nonprofit entities or consortia of non14
profit entities to provide community stabilization as15
sistance by (A) accelerating state and local govern16
ment and nonprofit productivity; (B) increasing the
17 scale and efficiency of property transfers of fore18
closed and vacant residential properties from finan19
cial institutions and government entities to qualified
20 local housing providers in order to return the prop21
erties to productive affordable housing use; (C)
22 building industry and property management capac23
ity; and (D) partnering with private sector real es24
tate developers and contractors and leveraging pri25
vate sector capital: Provided further, That such com-
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1 munity stabilization assistance shall be provided pri2
marily in States and areas with high rates of de3
faults and foreclosures to support the acquisition, re4
habilitation and property management of single-fam5
ily and multi-family homes and to work in partner6
ship with the private sector real estate industry and
7 to leverage available private and public funds for
8 those purposes: Provided further, That for purposes
9 of this paragraph qualified local housing providers
10 shall be nonprofit organizations with demonstrated
11 capabilities in real estate development or acquisition
12 and rehabilitation or property management of single13
or multi-family homes, or local or state governments
14 or instrumentalities of such governments: Provided
15 further, That qualified local housing providers shall
16 be expected to utilize and leverage additional local
17 nonprofit, governmental, for-profit and private re18
sources:
19 Provided further, That in the case of any foreclosure on
20 any dwelling or residential real property acquired with any
21 amounts made available under this heading, any successor
22 in interest in such property pursuant to the foreclosure
23 shall assume such interest subject to—(1) the provision
24 by such successor in interest of a notice to vacate to any
25 bona fide tenant at least 90 days before the effective date
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1 of such notice; and (2) the rights of any bona fide tenant,
2 as of the date of such notice of foreclosure (A) under any
3 bona fide lease entered into before the notice of foreclosure
4 to occupy the premises until the end of the remaining term
5 of the lease, except that a successor in interest may termi6
nate a lease effective on the date of sale of the unit to
7 a purchaser who will occupy the unit as a primary resi8
dence, subject to the receipt by the tenant of the 90-day
9 notice under this paragraph; or (B) without a lease or with
10 a lease terminable at will under State law, subject to the
11 receipt by the tenant of the 90-day notice under this para12
graph, except that nothing in this paragraph shall affect
13 the requirements for termination of any Federal- or State14
subsidized tenancy or of any State or local law that pro15
vides longer time periods or other additional protections
16 for tenants: Provided further, That, for purposes of this
17 paragraph, a lease or tenancy shall be considered bona fide
18 only if (1) the mortgagor under the contract is not the
19 tenant; (2) the lease or tenancy was the result of an arms20
length transaction; and (3) the lease or tenancy requires
21 the receipt of rent that is not substantially less than fair
22 market rent for the property: Provided further, That the
23 recipient of any grant or loan from amounts made avail24
able under this heading may not refuse to lease a dwelling
25 unit in housing assisted with such loan or grant to a hold-
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1 er of a voucher or certificate of eligibility under section
2 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
3 1437f) because of the status of the prospective tenant as
4 such a holder: Provided further, That in the case of any
5 qualified foreclosed housing for which funds made avail6
able under this heading are used and in which a recipient
7 of assistance under section 8(o) of the U.S. Housing Act
8 of 1937 resides at the time of acquisition or financing,
9 the owner and any successor in interest shall be subject
10 to the lease and to the housing assistance payments con11
tract for the occupied unit: Provided further, That
12 vacating the property prior to sale shall not constitute
13 good cause for termination of the tenancy unless the prop14
erty is unmarketable while occupied or unless the owner
15 or subsequent purchaser desires the unit for personal or
16 family use: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not
17 preempt any State or local law that provides more protec18
tion for tenants: Provided further, That amounts made
19 available under this heading may be used for the costs
20 of demolishing foreclosed housing that is deteriorated or
21 unsafe: Provided further, That the amount for demolition
22 of such housing may not exceed 10 percent of amounts
23 allocated under this paragraph to States and units of gen24
eral local government: Provided further, That no amounts
25 from a grant made under this paragraph may be used to
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1 demolish any public housing (as such term is defined in
2 section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
3 U.S.C. 1437a)): Provided further, That section 2301(d)(4)
4 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub5
lic Law 110–289) is repealed.
6 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘HOME Investment
8 Partnerships Program’’ as authorized under Title II of the
9 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (‘‘the
10 Act’’), $1,500,000,000: Provided, That the amount appro11
priated under this heading shall be distributed according
12 to the same funding formula used in fiscal year 2008: Pro13
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban
14 Development may waive statutory or regulatory provisions
15 related to the obligation of such funds if necessary to fa16
cilitate the timely expenditure of funds (except for require17
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
18 standards, and the environment): Provided further, That
19 in selecting projects to be funded, recipients shall give pri20
ority to projects that can award contracts based on bids
21 within 120 days from the date that funds are available
22 to the recipients.
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1 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP
2 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Self-Help and As4
sisted Homeownership Opportunity Program’’, as author5
ized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Pro6
gram Extension Act of 1996, $10,000,000: Provided, That
7 in awarding competitive grant funds, the Secretary of
8 Housing and Urban Development shall give priority to the
9 provision and rehabilitation of sustainable, affordable sin10
gle and multifamily units in low-income, high-need rural
11 areas: Provided further, That in selecting projects to be
12 funded, grantees shall give priority to projects that can
13 award contracts based on bids within 120 days from the
14 date the funds are made available to the grantee.
15 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeless Assistance
17 Grants’’, for the emergency shelter grants program as au18
thorized under subtitle B of tile IV of the McKinney-Vento
19 Homeless Assistance Act, $1,500,000,000: Provided, That
20 in addition to homeless prevention activities specified in
21 the emergency shelter grant program, funds provided
22 under this heading may be used for the provision of short23
term or medium-term rental assistance; housing relocation
24 and stabilization services including housing search, medi25
ation or outreach to property owners, legal services, credit
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Just wondering where in there you see that anything is going to ACORN... instead of listening to Limbaugh it might be best you read the report yourself... Quit throwing straw men at what the economy needs...people are hurting too much to try to demolish it by throwing out lies. Yes this is a long post but I wanted to make sure you knew I didn't take it out of context...You really should read it... all 647 pages, I did... there is a lot of good stuff in there... not a bunch of garbage like Limbaugh seems to think there is.
Acorn is active in several areas that could recipient funds under those broad declarations. Visit their site and see for yourself.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12364
Here is how Acorn could get the money and I don't listen to Rush L.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/26/bailout-bill-drafted-by-senator-dodd-is-a-scam-on-taxpayers/
Yes, ACORN, and MILLIONS of other people and organizations. I'm sure we could find a "FEW" dollars of Bush's payoffs that went to, oh, I don't know...influential Republicans maybe? :)
ReplyDeleteFor Heaven's sake folks...This childish game of:
"Well, HE did THIS"
"No, HE DID THAT"
"Well, MY side is better than YOUR side because...."
"NO, YOU'RE an Imbecile! MY side is better because...."
REALLY needs to STOP!!
Democrats, Republicans, Conservatives, and Liberals,..are ALWAYS going to have their differences of opinions--it's, unfortunately, the "Nature of the Beast" so to speak. But this CONSTANT back and forth, blaming, Anger and HATE breeding HAS to stop if we're going to get this country back on track!!!
Thanks Annette!! :)
Hey Annette,
ReplyDeleteI suppose you were saying this the last eight years?
I suppose you have no problem adding another 825 BILLION dollars to a deficit predicted to be 1.2 TRILLION dollars this year?
This is not "change" Annette, this is same ole, same ole.