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Under President Trump, new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner announced on February 26, 2025,  the termination of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that President Obama had originally enacted, as President Obama's means to politically and socially engineer changes into suburbs and rural America. 

During President Trump's first term, he rescinded this rule, with President Biden turning it back on. 

In general, the relinquishing of this rule again, is a broad positive effect on hard-working Texas taxpayer communities who have spent the fruits of their lives' long labor, to earn the ability to live where they do, because of their strong work ethic, Texas grit, and personal fortitude and perseverance. 

Thus, at a level, the vanquishing of the rule, is a partial effect, into removing a national political and social goal and objective to force low-income and Section 8 housing into hard-working Texas taxpayer communities. 

Notwithstanding, with the rule now gone, hard-working Texas taxpayer communities should also understand, that in practicality, the departure of this rule simply removes a higher amount of bureaucratic red tape and paperwork the Obama administration required by organizations such as the San Antonio Housing Trust (SAHT), municipalities, or even counties, to prove that they were in fact "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing." 

Thus, if legislators at the State of Texas level, and politicians and their bureaucratic staffs at the municipal and county levels, and the special interest lobbyists behind them (who make millions of profits off of these programs), maintain their current political and social goals and objectives towards forcing low-income and Section 8 housing into hard-working Texas taxpayer communities, organizations like the SAHT simply don't have to fill out as much paperwork bound for the federal government.

Thus, the importance of hard-working Texas taxpayer communities still remains at an all-time high, to have to champion legislatives changes, as revealed on https://www.texascommunitypreservation.org, in order to preserve our Texas communities. 

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The Justices of the Texas Supreme Court ruled to allow an extension to 10 March 2025, of parties claiming "injury" from forced ETJ to file their "Amicus Curiae" brief and letter on Elliott v. City of College Station.

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Elliott  v. City of College Station is a legal battle between a property owner fighting ETJ status with the City of College Station, that will be decided by the Texas State Supreme Court. The outcome of this case, which may take years, could result in a crushing defeat to the concept of ETJs altogether. This would be a huge victory for Texans who bought outside of city limits and are currently in an ETJ status. Essentially, depending on the outcome, ETJs would disappear altogether and hard-working Texans can enjoy more of the fruits of their lives' long labor away from the political claws of municipalities. 

Regardless of the outcome of this case, municipalities and the politicians who lead them, will continue to attempt find ways to circumvent the will of the people, through special interests lobbyists and the attorneys who represent special interest organizations. Thus, as the outcome of the case is critical to like-minded hard-working Texas communities, changes in the legislature are still needed. 

Opening Oral Arguments for Elliot v. City of College Station, Texas Supreme Court. 

Case 23-0767 

NOTE: Multiple cases' opening oral arguments were heard on this day. Elliott vs. City of College Station begins around the 1:04:06 mark in the YouTube video. 

Periodically check back on the link below for key documents, summary updates, and events related to this case. 

Case 23-0767