AirBnB has taken 2 positions: To cancel rentals in the Washington D.C. area during the Presidential Inauguration To ban from its platform “numerous individuals” either associated with known hate groups or found to have been involved in the Capitol riot What circumstances led to this decision? the Capitol area is on a high security alert […]
Monthly Archives: January 2021
+1 City Making up for Eminent Domain Uses Against Black Neighborhoods
Add Portland, Oregon to the list of cities making up for past uses of eminent domain that disproportionately impacted Black neighborhoods. What are the basics of the Portland Program? $67 million initiative construction of 40 to 50 new single-family homes construction of at least another 300 apartments to rent create a hub for emerging small […]
Legislation: Right to Sue Bad Actors using Eminent Domain
HB 448 (2021 | TX) would allow property owners, whose land is treated by eminent domain by a private entity regulated by the Texas Railroad Commission (read: pipelines), to sue that pipeline if it violated the Landowner Bill of Rights or its spirit. What does this mean? If the company is using the Land Owner […]
Eminent Domain Competition. Want to use eminent domain against a private corporation? Now’s your chance.
Where: Monterey County California Who do you win this chance to use eminent domain? Win the vacant seat on the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. How is Monterey Peninsula Water Management District using eminent domain? Buying the water system of the Monterey Peninsula from its private owner, California American Water. How big of a deal […]
Amazon’s Funding Affordable House Near Some Offices
What do I need to know about Amazon’s program to fund affordable housing solutions near its offices in Virginia, Tennessee and Washington? Amazon is outing $2 Billion into the effort 20,000 affordable homes will be preserved or created in the Arlington, Va.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Seattle areas Funding options will be in the form of […]