Topic
Blight
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PropertyProf Blog
Eisenberg on Rural Blight
Ann Eisenberg (West Virginia) has posted Addressing Rural Blight: Lessons from West Virginia and WV LEAP (Journal of Affordable Housing and Community) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:When we think of…
Land Use Prof Blog
Memphis Law Review Symposium–Submission Deadline Extended
The University of Memphis Law Review has extended its deadline for symposium abstract submissions until October 19th. The revised call for papers below also clarifies that the full drafts will…
Real Estate Legal Update
(US) Pennsylvania Rehabilitates the Abandoned & Blighted Property Conservatorship Act
Property owners, lien-holders and community development organizations in Pennsylvania, take note. Governor Corbett recently signed House Bill No. 1363 amending the act of November 26, 2008 (P.L.1672, No.135), also known…
Land Use Prof Blog
A Novel Strategy For Holding Banks Accountable for Blight
Moving to the Chicago area after reading about its land use history from afar for decades is like watching the first half of a particularly engrossing movie and then suddenly…
inversecondemnation.com
Sometimes, It’s Good To Be The (Burger) King: General Power Of Eminent Domain Does Not Include Blight Elimination
We often jokingly suggest that in eminent domain, "it's good to be the King!" quoting that eminent eminent domain scholar Mel Brooks. We think this catchphrase aptly describes the "most…
inversecondemnation.com
Virginia S Ct: No Taking Of Non-Blighted Property That Happens To Be In An Area Designated “Blighted”
Earlier today, the Virginia Supreme Court, in PKO Ventures, LLC v. Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, No. 121534 (Sep. 12, 2013), invalidated takings of non-blighted properties which were part of a…
inversecondemnation.com
Berman. Poletown. Kelo. Richmond. When Will They Ever Learn?
Check this out: according to a story in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle ("Pricey homes in Richmond's eminent domain plan"), someone has figured out exactly which properties in Richmond, California are…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
PA House Passes Blighted Properties Rehabilitation Law
By David Snyder
The PA House of Representatives passed a bill decreasing the time allowed for nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and sell abandoned blighted properties. HB 1363 seeks to amend the Abandoned and…
inversecondemnation.com
If This Wasn’t So Depressing (And Predictable), It Might Be Funny
Update: From the July 13 WaPo: As Wal-Mart threatens to walk, what's next for a dying shopping center? ("The Skyland Shopping Center in Southeast Washington is amost dead. Shops are…
Supplemental Conditions
Using Act 135 to Combat Blight
Inga Saffron details the frustration of many Philadelphians with the City's inability to effectively deal with blighted and - - almost always -- tax delinquent properties. It is understandable that the…