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The Golden State this week created new, limited redevelopment agencies to fight blight.
What limited powers do the blight fighting redevelopment agencies have?
What does opposition say?
Richmond, California, home to eminent domain for underwater mortgages, is also home to a new bonding mechanism to fight blight.
In 2013, Richmond created “Richmond Community Foundation” which uses this bond mechanism for blight:
Savannah Georgia is managing blight by shaming property owners on their Top 100 Worst Properties list.
The list is compiled by:
The goal of the list: to reahbilitate blighted properties.
WTOC 11 City of Savannah completes work on quarter of 100 worst properties list
Riots consumed Los Angeles in 1992 after a court police officers found not guilty in the beating of Rodney King. Buildings burned.
In 1994, eminent domain was raised as an option to redevelop the destroyed buildings. It wasn’t until 2008 that an agency attempted eminent domain after neighborhood activists opposed the use of eminent domain.
Plans for a $100-million entertainment district are on target for 2015.
Posted inactivism, blight, economic development, private property rights
In tiny Eagle, Idaho, a business owner is fighting a blight designation for her property. The property has not, in the last 14 years, received a ticket or notice or fine. An Idaho Redevelopment Corporation wants her property for a parking lot and is trying to use a blight designation to get it. The business owner is a fighter. Sounding like 80s rock icons, she said, “My plans are still to continue to do what I think every American should do, fight for their property, figh… A list of why eminent domain is necessary is not something that occurs with frequency. A law professor lists reasons why eminent domain is necessary in Detroit:
On Thursday the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an inverse condemnation case. A condo complex was deemed inhabitable by the City. The residents moved out of the complex. An appellate court said the residents didn’t get their constitutional due process rights. The Texas Supreme Court’s opinion will be a smorgasbord of constitutional rights- private property rights, takings, due process, and let’s throw in equal protection just for giggles.
Posted inblight, inverse condemnation, legislation trend
Fight For Your Right to Party, Nay, to Property.
Eminent Domain is Needed. How to Stop Land Speculation in Eminent Domain.
Blight Fight. Do Co-Development Agreements Work?
Remedying blight is controversial. Unwilling sellers don’t want to part with their property. Some clever unwilling sellers want a co-development agreement in lieu of eminent domain. Long range profits are a trend in eminent domain compensation, and in some instances can mean less upfront funds are required to purchase land. [Muskogee Phoenix]
Inverse Condemnations: Is covert eminent domain ready for primetime?