Dave Chappelle threatens to pull his investments if low-income housing is built in his neighborhood

Said he’s not bluffing!

Residents of a small town in Ohio — including comedian Dave Chappelle — expressed concerns at a Monday night council meeting over plans to build an affordable housing development, local news outlet Dayton Daily News reported.

The Yellow Springs Village Council voted 2-2 — one member did not vote — against it, but the 53-acre development will still be built without the affordable housing component, which would have included duplexes, according to local newspaper Yellow Springs News

The council previously approved the development to include 143 single-family homes starting at $300,000 each. 

Chappelle, who currently lives in the area and frequented there as a child, threatened to remove all of his business investments from the area should the affordable housing development be built.

“I cannot believe you would make me audition for you,” Chappelle said as he took to the mic, referencing Oberer Homes, with which the council planned to build the development. “You look like clowns.”

“I am not bluffing,” Chappelle continued during the council meeting. “I will take it all off the table.”

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