Mayor Bach disputes with Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority
“A dispute between Mayor Bach and Jim Cann of the Urban Renewal Authority has come to Surface concerning 1.25M fee for Ivywild Project. Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach comments on the Ivywild Project at the…
What is Tax Increment Financing? with Randal O’Toole from CATO Institute
Tax-increment financing (TIF) is an increasingly popular way for cities to promote economic development. TIF works by allowing cities to use the property, sales, and other taxes collected from new developments — taxes that would…
Victimizing the Vulnerable: Eminent Domain Abuse in National City, California
Should a local boxing gym be allowed to stay open or should National City be able to condemn the property claiming blight and urban renewal? The owner claims that the Blight Study is faulty and…
Scorched Earth: Eminent Domain Abuse in the Gardens of Mount Holly
The township of Mount Holly, N.J., has been systematically destroying the Gardens—a close-knit community of over 300 garden-style row homes—for the past decade. Officials want to hand the property over to Keating Urban Partners, for…
Institute for Justice Christina Walsh discusses Alabama’s Eminent Domain Through the Back Door
“The City of Montgomery, Alabama is targeting low income areas demanding the property owners give up their homes without payment. This neighborhood includes Rosa Parks home.” watch the video Christina Walsh of the Institute for…
Kelo: Five Years Later
In the merely five years since that infamous ruling, the vast majority of state legislatures, many state supreme courts and the public itself have acted to limit Kelo, which took away the homes of seven…
Adams12 School District used eminent domain to condemn Denver business Auto-trol
In 2008, Adams12 School District used eminent domain to condemn and take a building belonging to Denver business, Auto-trol. The School district, after taking the building and forcing the company to move out, decided they…
Tax Increment Financing 101
This short video by the North Dakota Policy Council describes what tax increment financing is along with its origins and the problems associated with it. North Dakota Policy Council 31 December 2009.