Monthly Archives: January 2025

957 is the average annual number of building permits for residential apartment buildings in Austin, TX. As a result, residential rents in Austin have declined monthly for the last 19 months. Average rent prices are now at pre-pandemic levels in Austin.

The Texas Attorney General will opine on RQ-0557-KP. Part of this opinion will clarify if all property owners within the designated radius, regardless of municipal tax roll status, have the right to protest, and what criteria determine valid protests in these cases?

A paper from The Heartland Institute argues that carbon capture is “the latest methods climate activists are using to combat greenhouse gases and achieve “net-zero” carbon dioxide emissions. The paper further argues that carbon capture, and its pipelines, harm property rights.

Montana Legislature is considering reforms to their property laws to limit squatter rights. Supporters say the bill is necessary to give the current law teeth. Opponents, including landlords, say the amendments are unnecessary because the issue is that law enforcement won’t remove squatters. SB 101 (2025 | MT) KRTV | Squatters law reform proposed in […]

Whether short term rentals can operate in HOAs has been an ongoing legislative issue. A Court in North Carolina took a traditional approach and drew a clear line that said short term rentals can operate if the original covenants contained NO provisions to prevent short term rentals. The court denied an HOAs ability to amend […]

An Oklahoma lawmakers says 3D printed homes in Oklahoma could be built for as little as $14 per square foot. An Oklahoma State University structural engineering professor says 3D printed houses are built faster, with less waste, and save on labor costs.  Mighty Buildings, a 3D-printing construction company based in California, says that these homes are […]

Opponents to a proposed data center in Reno, Nevada say that no public hearing was held. The City says it was an administrative decision and thus no hearing was necessary.  Opponents say city ordinances treat data centers like warehouses and that data centers are “unique in their impact to residential communities, the electric grid, and natural […]

Add South Dakota to the list of states that are working to prohibit the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines. In 2024, 59% of South Dakota voters rejected the state’s Land Owner’s Bill of Rights because the proposition would have made it easier to build CO2 pipelines. Like Isaac Newton surmised, every action has an equal […]

California’s AB 62 (2025 | CA) seeks to right the wrong of racially motivated eminent domain. The bill was vetoed by Gov. Newsom in 2024. The veto message stated that the bill is impossible to implement as it concerns nonexistent state agencies.

A new legal case is nearing the U.S. Supreme Court and is being heralded by conservative lawyers as the next Kelo. Let’s meet Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency. According to the Institute for Justice, “New York’s courts said it was perfectly fine for a county redevelopment agency to condemn his property and give it to a […]