Topic
Blight
57 published works
Tucker Arensberg Blog
Toxic for Britney; Promising for Boroughs: How Conservatorships Fight Blight
By Katie Oswald
Daniel C. Conlon, dconlon@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-3951 Pennsylvania’s 2008 Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act, 68 P.S. §§ 1101 et seq. (the “Conservatorship Act”) is an anti-blight tool for restoring neglected properties…
McNees Land Use Blog
Governor’s Wolf’s Plan for Addressing Blight in Pennsylvania
By Kandice Hull
In January of this year, Governor Wolf put forth a series of Legislative Proposals meant to address critical infrastructure problems in Pennsylvania, including blight, particularly in rural Pennsylvania. He called…
McNees Land Use Blog
ICYMI – Webinar on Combating Blight
In case you missed it earlier today, our webinar on tools to combat blight is available here: Webinar Link Matt Tunnell, of Lift Development and the Dauphin County Redevelopment Authority,…
McNees Land Use Blog
Law Allows Counties to Designate Redevelopment Authorities as Land Banks
Act 33 was enacted and signed into law on June 18, 2018 to provide counties with greater flexibility in combating blight. The new law, which takes effect 60 days after…
McNees Public Sector
Law Allows Counties to Designate Redevelopment Authorities as Land Banks
Act 33 was enacted and signed into law on June 18, 2018 to provide counties with greater flexibility in combating blight. The new law, which takes effect 60 days after…
Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law
Court Requires Notice of Decision to Declare Property “Blighted” under State Law
By Cory Rutz
In the latest installment of an ongoing eminent domain controversy between the City of Glendale and the owner of Authentic Persian and Oriental Rugs, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals…
McNees Public Sector
Combating Blight: New Tools for the Ongoing Municipal Battle
Blight – or urban decay – reduces property values, has been linked to higher crime rates, and is visible throughout Pennsylvania in the form of deteriorated and abandoned properties. The…
Real Estate Legal Update
(US) With new laws, it just got easier to demolish blighted properties in Pennsylvania
By Brittney Wozniak, Dusty Elias Kirk
Blighted residential and commercial properties are a major impediment to rehabilitation and redevelopment efforts in cities and towns throughout Pennsylvania. However, late in the 2016 legislative term, the Pennsylvania House…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
New York State Land Banks: Are they Really Helping in the Fight Against Blight and Zombie Houses?
Although the use of land banks has been in existence for many years in other states, it was not until after the New York real estate market collapsed in or around 2008 that the New…
PropertyProf Blog
Schaffzin on Property Law, Blight, and Clinical Legal Education
By Chris Odinet
Daniel Schaffzin (Memphis) has posted (B)Light at the End of the Tunnel? How a City's Need to Fight Vacant and Abandoned Properties Gave Rise to a Law School Clinic Like…