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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 […]

HB 243 (2025 | TX) would allow for the use of eminent domain to take infrastructure related property. Infrastructure property is defined in the bill to include property related to financial services and energy that has foreign ownership whether public or private. 

Macon, Ga. bought an abandoned hotel for $4.5. million at a bankruptcy sale. Are they rebuilding? no. The city intends to blow it up at midnight on New Years. Is blowing up vacant buildings the new fireworks? AP | A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025

Cities in California are prohibiting the use of AI software to set rent prices. local elected officials say that the software inflates prices. Federal prosecutors say the practice amounts to “an unlawful information-sharing scheme.” In August, The Department of Justice and the attorney generals of eight states — California, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, […]

We’ve talked about agrivoltaics for a couple years now, maybe longer, time flies when you’re having fun. Farmers in Arkansas are discovering new dual use of their land by growing crops or raising livestock all while also having solar arrays on their farm land. A farmer in Arkansas talked about how agrivoltaics allow him to […]