Scandal Brewing in the 9th?
NLS has a story from the Roanoke Times on Allen Dudley and his tenants in a trailer park he owns. Supposedly, he is renting to illegal aliens in his trailer park. This is very interesting since Kilgore and the GOP is pushing illigal immigration as an election issue (which Dudley is opposed to as well).
I doubt this will actually become a major issue, if for no other reason I don't know how they would expect Dudley to know. Fair Housing does not require asking if someone is a legal alien, so if a landlord does this, it could result in suits accusing them of discrimination against hispanics. It would be a very bad idea to do this, especially if the people trying to get housing have children. It would open a pandora's box of problems, especially since this is not high income housing ($400/month).
I don't think this will end up becoming a major issue, and I still believe Dudley will keep his seat.
I doubt this will actually become a major issue, if for no other reason I don't know how they would expect Dudley to know. Fair Housing does not require asking if someone is a legal alien, so if a landlord does this, it could result in suits accusing them of discrimination against hispanics. It would be a very bad idea to do this, especially if the people trying to get housing have children. It would open a pandora's box of problems, especially since this is not high income housing ($400/month).
I don't think this will end up becoming a major issue, and I still believe Dudley will keep his seat.
posted by GOPHokie @ 8:49 PM
4 Comments:
At 9/12/2005 10:01 AM,
GOPHokie said…
Agreed, that was stupid.
I still don't think this will have a big effect, but who knows.
At 9/14/2005 10:07 AM,
Anonymous said…
$400 a month for housing seems small compared to other regions in the state. $400 a month for a dilapidated trailer in Franklin County is highway robbery.
Partisanship aside these people live in awful conditions and are being exploited.
At 9/14/2005 10:35 AM,
GOPHokie said…
I am not up-to-date on rents in Franklin County so I can't say.
$400/month for a trailer may or may not be high for the area.
At 9/15/2005 2:37 PM,
Charlie Bishop said…
Actually he said he had confirmed it, there has been no trouble caused by them, so he has no real recourse. He did, however, write to Michael Chertoff in order to inform HS.
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