Dave Chappelle Voices Opposition , To Planned Affordable Housing, in His Community.<br />CNN reports plans to build affordable housing <br />in Yellow Springs, Ohio, have halted due to opposition from community members, <br />including comic Dave Chappelle.<br />CNN reports plans to build affordable housing <br />in Yellow Springs, Ohio, have halted due to opposition from community members, <br />including comic Dave Chappelle.<br />Per the 'Dayton Daily News,' plans can move forward for the project's builder, Oberer Homes, but without the affordable housing option.<br />Chappelle reportedly intends to open <br />a restaurant and comedy club in the same area of Yellow Springs, known as the village.<br />Chappelle was shocked that council members would favor the housing plan "while it kicks out a $65 million-a-year company.".<br />Chappelle was shocked that council members would favor the housing plan "while it kicks out a $65 million-a-year company.".<br />I've invested millions of dollars in town. If you push this thing through, what I'm investing in is no longer applicable. , Dave Chappelle, at city council meeting in Yellow Springs, OH, via CNN .<br />I've invested millions of dollars in town. If you push this thing through, what I'm investing in is no longer applicable. , Dave Chappelle, at city council meeting in Yellow Springs, OH, via CNN .<br />I cannot believe you would make me audition for you. , Dave Chappelle, at city council meeting in Yellow Springs, OH, via CNN .<br />You look like clowns. <br />I am not bluffing. , Dave Chappelle, at city council meeting in Yellow Springs, OH, via CNN .<br />I will take it all <br />off the table. , Dave Chappelle, at city council meeting in Yellow Springs, OH, via CNN .<br />Chappelle's publicist, Carla Sims, <br />released a statement in his defense to CNN. .<br />Dave Chappelle didn't kill affordable housing. Concerned residents and a responding Village Council 'killed' a half-baked plan which never actually offered affordable housing, Carla Sims, Dave Chappelle's publicist, via CNN
