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Redevelopment
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inversecondemnation.com
Sandefur Redevelops A Proposal To “Tighten The Definition Of Blight”
My Pacific Legal Foundation colleague and eminent domain scholar Tim Sandefur has posted an analysis of the legislation proposed by California's redevelopment agencies in reaction to Governor Brown's call to…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Will the Wisconsin Blight Fight Expand?
Rebecca Speckhard, a lawyer at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee, argues that a State Senate bill could substantially change municipalities’ ability to exercise eminent domain. The Wisconsin Constitution maintains the…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Update on Redevelopment Law: No News Is…No News
This is the first in a series of blog entries monitoring the proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies and describing alternative public funding sources for redevelopment projects. By Michael Kiely After…
inversecondemnation.com
California Redevelopment Agencies Have No Standards? I’m Shocked, I Tell You, Shocked!
We admit that our reaction to the latest volley in the redevelopment fight in California, the State Controller's report with "Analysis of Administrative, Financial, and Reporting Practices" of 18 selected…
inversecondemnation.com
DC Ct App: Final Chapter In The Skyland Condemnations?
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has issued yet another opinion about the redevelopment taking of Skyland Shopping Center. DeSilva v. District of Columbia, No. 10-CV-1069 (Feb. 24, 2011)…
Land Use Prof Blog
Where does Redevelopment Fit in our Priorities?
Ethan Elkind has a great post over at Legal Planet about Redevelopment and Governor Jerry Brown's budget priorities.We have quite a quandry in front of us as states deal with…
California Eminent Domain Report
Report on Possible Solution to Redevelopment Crisis
By Nossaman LLP
In his Tuesday column for the San Francisco Chronicle, former Mayor (Willie) Brown takes former Mayor (Jerry) Brown to task for having forgotten about all the good things that redevelopment…
Land Use Prof Blog
Brownfields, Greenfields, Greyfields…and now…
Redfields.This story discusses another type of redevelopment that is becoming increasingly relevant as more and more commercial properties go dark and vacant:In the language of urbanism, “greenfields” usually means rural…
Land Use Prof Blog
Housing and Community Development, 4th ed.
Carolina Academic Press has just released the 4th edition of Housing and Community Development: Cases and Materials (Amazon has a substantial preview). Barbara Bezdek (Maryland) has joined the already prominent…
National Eminent Domain Blog
Effort to Redevelop Riverfront
As with so many other communities, development directors find the former industrial riverfronts as the most viable place for immediate and successful redevelopment. As with so many other communities, Tulsa…