The City of Dubuque says an article claiming Dubuque is turning into a satellite city of Chicago does not represent what is really going on in Dubuque.

The article appeared in the National Review and is titled "How Obama Stole Dubuque" and is getting a lot of attention online.

It claims the federal government under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) took control in Dubuque.

HUD provides vouchers to help people in need with their rent.

The National Review article says a HUD agreement signed in 2014 was set up to provide a solution to Chicago's lack of housing for low-income, African-Americans. The article, written by Stanly Kurtz, warns other cities to be aware of this so it doesn't happen to them.

Kurtz brings up HUD's 2011 ruling accusing the city of Dubuque of racism. HUD said the city gave priority in its housing program to people already living in Dubuque in order to intentionally shut out primarily black people moving from Chicago.

In 2014, the city agreed to a deal with HUD to change its policies. Kurtz, says under that agreement HUD requires Dubuque to actively recruit housing voucher holders from the Chicago area.

He claims "as of January 2015, the percentage of African-American voucher users in Dubuque was larger than the percentage of African-Americans living in Chicago."

TV-9 checked the numbers, and that is accurate. 34 percent of housing voucher holders in Dubuque are black. That’s compared to 33 percent of Chicago's black population.

However, looking just at housing voucher recipients, Chicago has a higher percentage of black recipients, 40 percent. That’s compared to the 34 percent of black recipients in Dubuque.

The City of Dubuque says Kurtz's article is filled with political opinions and inaccuracies. In a statement to TV-9, Dubuque City Manager Mike Van Milligen said, "This is a political commentary blog entry. It represents the opinion of the author, a partisan political commentator. The vast majority of the blog entry is the author's views on national issues. While the City will not respond to the author's opinions, there are many inaccuracies in the blog entry."

Kurtz responded to the TV-9 for his thoughts on the city's claim of inaccuracies. He said in an email, "Without an itemized list, the city's charge lacks all credibility. City officials must now be in fear of alienating the federal government, which increasingly controls Dubuque."