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Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com
The title is unfortunate and misleading, as there's no indication that any of the money is going to ACORN, but the content is worth comment.
$4.19B for "neighborhood stabilization"? It's also worth noting that we already do this, so it's not like it's some Obama-specific thing. I'm just astonished that that much money is routinely spent on things like this:
Does that seem like a good use of money to anyone else?
The title is unfortunate and misleading, as there's no indication that any of the money is going to ACORN, but the content is worth comment.
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.
$4.19B for "neighborhood stabilization"? It's also worth noting that we already do this, so it's not like it's some Obama-specific thing. I'm just astonished that that much money is routinely spent on things like this:
HUD’s new Neighborhood Stabilization Program will provide emergency assistance to state and local governments to acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within their communities. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) provides grants to every state and certain local communities to purchase foreclosed or abandoned homes and to rehabilitate, resell, or redevelop these homes in order to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of house values of neighboring homes.
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State and local governments can use their neighborhood stabilization grants to acquire land and property; to demolish or rehabilitate abandoned properties; and/or to offer downpayment and closing cost assistance to low- to moderate-income homebuyers (household incomes not exceed 120 percent of area median income). In addition, these grantees can create "land banks" to assemble, temporarily manage, and dispose of vacant land for the purpose of stabilizing neighborhoods and encouraging re-use or redevelopment of urban property.
Does that seem like a good use of money to anyone else?