Thursday, November 20, 2008

Public housing nonprofit sues McKinney and McKinney Housing Authority

By Pegasus News wire

MCKINNEY — The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. (ICP), a nonprofit corporation involved in public housing issues, filed suit against the City of McKinney and the McKinney Housing Authority (MHA). ICP alleges that McKinney and the MHA discriminate against individuals based on race or color because the city did not enter into an agreement to partner with ICP for the development of a low-income multifamily housing complex west of US 75.

"The city's response to this lawsuit will show that the claims of discrimination made by this group are absolutely untrue," said McKinney Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cox. "The city works to ensure that affordable housing is available to all residents and is proud of its record of being at the forefront in providing low-income housing. Over half of the low-income housing units in Collin County are located in McKinney, although it makes up less than 20 percent of the County's population. McKinney also has about twice the statewide average for low-income housing units per capita."

ICP filed a similar lawsuit today against the Town of Flower Mound, and has other housing lawsuits pending against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the owners of an apartment complex in the City of Irving. Each of those lawsuits also alleges discrimination in providing low-income housing.

The MHA is governed by an independent board of directors and is not part of the City of McKinney's annual budget.

Source: City of McKinney

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Comments

Pavel Lishin Verified

Oh, man. I've never built a house for a poor person, either. God, I'm so racist. :(

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Scott Doyle Verified

Modern-day Robin Hoods, eh?

We will work with individuals and families seeking to secure the benefits of such communities, unfettered by discrimination and prejudice. And we will advocate and promote polices and practices that are consistent with this mission of inclusiveness, fairness, community, and opportunity. -- http://www.inclusivecommunities.net/

I, too, have yet to build a home for someone poor. But let me wrap my obviously racist brain around their agenda:

1. Identify low-income people.
2. Play the race card (arguably incredibly racist in its own right).
3. Sue the $#*@ out of the very entities providing low-income housing.
4. ...
5. Profit.

Whatever floats your boat, I guess. I suppose this is simply the financing stage of their larger plan for reparations?

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