Plus: the federal government tries to stiff landlords over eviction moratorium one last time, the Supreme Court declines to take up eminent domain case, and starter home bills advance in Arizona and Texas.
We don't know why the justices chose not to take it.
A Rhode Island town seeks to use eminent domain to block construction of a large-scale affordable housing project.
A New York case revives concerns about seizing private property to benefit favored developers.
The owners, who were planning an affordable housing project on the site, first learned about the seizure from the mayor's social media post.
Johnston, Rhode Island, Mayor Joseph Polisena promised to "use all the power of government" to stop the privately financed 252-unit project.
The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.
Cities become affordable when lots of new housing is built, not when a larger percentage of a small amount of new housing is made "affordable" by regulation.
A Utica, New York, land grab offers the justices an opportunity to revisit a widely criticized precedent.
The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.
City officials are threatening to invoke the "Modell Law" to prevent a potential move to a new facility in Brook Park.
While I am eager for the Court to take another public use case, I am actually happy the justices chose to reject this one. Its unusual facts made it a poor vehicle for revisiting Kelo v. City of New London.
Progressives are trying to fix the errors of the past, but they're ignoring the best solution: More robust property rights.
Revised versions of both publications are now up on SSRN.
Two brothers are asking the Supreme Court to stop their town from using eminent domain to steal their land for an empty field.
The property has remained empty for almost twenty years, after the Supreme Court's controversial ruling upholding its condemnation to promote "economic development."
It provides an overview of several major issues in land-use policy.
Bobby Debelak, new host of this podcast, interviewed me about a variety of topics related to eminent domain and property rights.
North Carolina taxpayers have already spent over $96 million on the site, while state officials have seized multiple private properties.
The close 4-3 decision might well become a staple of textbooks.
Plus: unpermitted ADUs in San Jose, Sen. J.D. Vance's mass deportation plan for housing affordability, and the California Coastal Commission's anti-housing record.
In practice, these programs have empowered local governments to use eminent domain to seize property to redistribute to developers.
The Show Me State has plenty of room to rein in laws on taking private property, but instead, lawmakers are focusing only on one very narrow use case.
The push to regulate social media content infringes on rights guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Teaneck already had tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A real estate sale caused it to snap.
It's part of the government's expensive public-private partnership meant to address concerns over a reliance on foreign countries, like China, for semiconductors.
After public backlash, Hanover County Commission has decided to pursue a voluntary purchase of the Cheetah Premier Gentlemen's Club next door.
Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast has lost $5.8 billion in three years, during which time the state of North Carolina pledged $1.2 billion in state incentives.
The late Supreme Court justice eloquently defended property rights and state autonomy.
Owners of Wilmington, North Carolina's Cheetah Premier Gentlemen's Club say they were blindsided by the seizure.
Plus: Everyone's favorite congressman survives another day, the Senate passes spending bills, New York City goes to war on tourism, and more...
The Aldine Independent School District had wanted the property as part of a $50 million redevelopment of its high school football stadium.
Mississippi only gives property owners 10 days to challenge a blight finding that could lead to their house being seized through eminent domain.
The Houston-area Aldine Independent School District is considering the use of eminent domain to seize a one-acre property owned and occupied by Travis Upchurch.
The Tyler home equity theft case is just the tip of a much larger iceberg of property rights issues where stronger judicial protection can protect the interests of the poor and minorities, as well as promote the federalist values of localism and diversity.
A new development project may finally build new housing on on property whose condemnation for purposes of "economic development" was upheld by the Supreme Court in a controversial 2005 decision.
Its existence was revealed when Justice John Paul Stevens' papers were made public earlier this week.
There are several interesting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.
The author of one of the Supreme Court's most widely hated rulings left us extensive files on the case, which have just been made public. They could help shed light on key unanswered questions about.
The state promised Ford nearly $900 million in incentives, including new and upgraded roads. But it chose to run that new road through a number of black-owned farms.
This April 11 event is free and open to the public.
Public sector unions squeeze final gains out of a district that's been bleeding students yet constructing expensive new buildings for two decades.
It argues for increasing the number of cases in the Supreme Court's "Hall of Shame" and proposes three worthy additions.
Under the Kelo v. New London Supreme Court decision, a state can take private land to give to a private developer for almost any reason it wants.
Vince Cantu says the eminent domain threats to seize his property are "stupidly ironic" and "completely un-Texan."
The video is part of the Federalist Society's series on important Supreme Court decisions.
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