Obama power grab: HUD unveils regs to diversify neighborhoods

Via Charlie

The Obama administration announced new rules on Wednesday that are meant to racially integrate America’s neighborhoods but some conservatives claim are an attempt by Washington to play a heavy-handed role in creating “utopias.”

The new HUD housing rule comes on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the federal agency’s power to ban housing policies that hurt minorities.

The Fair Housing Act, which originally was passed in 1968 and barred racial discrimination, demanded the government end segregation.

The new rule takes this a step further and requires cities across the country to scrutinize their housing patterns for racial bias and report the results every three to five years.

Communities would also have to set and track goals to further reduce segregation.