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Land Use Trend. Rural Land Sharing. Farm Sharing. Camp Sharing. The Regulation.

Farmers in Australia are experiemnting with a new version of Airbnb for rural landowners– farm sharing.

The business entity: Youcamp

The sharing economy: Rural land owners offering temporary camping

How is camp-sharing being regulated? By local governmental councils. There are no statewide public camping regulations as of yet.

ABC Rural | Landholders open up farms to sharing economy as campers look for new experiences

Property Rights. HOA. Mailbox Mandates Lose in Court.

The location: Prince George’s County, MD

The HOA requirement: identical $500 monogrammed mailboxes in a community of $1 million homes

The court found: the mailbox rule was a no-no and a slipper slope (against property rights)

The legal fees home owners to win: $33,000 and 7 years

Are mailbox mandates the new political signs, flag poles et.al?

Washington Post | In a community of million-dollar homes, a fight over a $500 mailbox ends in court

House Special District Committee & Senate IGR Mirror Recommendations. The details:

House Committee on Special Purpose District 2016 interim committee report makes the following recommendations:

Follows Senate IGR to recommend committee policy changes requiring local notices for annexation & MMDs before legislation is considered
Use of standard MMD language
A committee check list:
- Enforce existing and additional notice requirements outlined in Recommendation No. 1 (Notice requirements);
- Enforce the use of the MMD Standard Language described in Recommendation No. 2a…

Private Property Rights Bills. Via Rep. Schofield.

HOAs and religious displays.
- Schofield seeks to remove restrictions related to materials & location that Hoas relied on to remove religious displays
- Schofield may seek to address the timeline of removal as it relates to an incident in Katy
Eminent Domain. Schofield’s House Bill 528
- Property Owners can buy back unused property that was taken by eminent domain for the original price
- Schofield’s bill narrows what constitutes actual progress that triggers a buy back…

4 Reasons Property Owners tout Trans Pecos Pipeline as the next Dakota Pipeline Standoff.

What’s the Trans Pecos Pipeline? A West Texas pipeline that will deliver natural gas to Mexico & the pipeline cost will be paid by Mexico so it can power electricty plants

What characteristics of the Trans Pecos pipeline that draw parallels with the Dakota Pipeline protest?

Landowners talk about court awards in the millions that they won but that are unpaid.
- The pipeline is appealing the awards.
Native Americans are getting involved to protest in Texas
The Texas land includes some…

Property Owner Says Silent Majority Supports Eminent Domain.

Who: A Virigina landowner, whose land could be impacted by a pipeline

Is doing what? Defending the pipeline. The landowner says that federal agencies, and not landowners, should determine whether a pipeline is a public benefit.

What elese does this landowner say about eminent domain? “without eminent domain, there is no civilization”

What do opponents say? “We are fighting against taking our property for profit.”

NBC 29 WVIR | Property Owner Defends Pipeline, Says He’s in ‘Silent…

Land Use Regs v.s Urban Growth. 3 Points from the Economists.

The Wall Street Journal looks at the tie between land use regulations and

land use regulations drive up the cost of construction
higher construction costs limits new construction to luxury construction
the result: urban economic segregation

What protections do local governments say land use regulations provide:

preserve the historic charm of neighborhoods
ensure sunlight and fresh air can reach the streets
limit congestion on sidewalks, streets and public transportation

Wall Street…