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Land Use Law

American University Washington College of Law

2019

Zoning

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Reclaiming Place-Based Development Incentive, Ezra Rosser Oct 2019

Reclaiming Place-Based Development Incentive, Ezra Rosser

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Professor Michelle Layser's forthcoming article is an attack on the current form of place-based tax incentive programs. Layser argues that while rhetorically such programs are said to help the poor, by design they support gentrification in ways that harm the poor. The article ends with a call to reform place-based incentive programs so that the poor in selected areas actually benefit.


Reclaiming State Authority Over Zoning Property, Ezra Rosser Aug 2019

Reclaiming State Authority Over Zoning Property, Ezra Rosser

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In 2019, Oregon became the first state to pass legislation that essentially bans single-family zoning.' As states across the country struggle to respond to the housing affordability crisis, Oregon's actions do not stand alone. John Infranca's recent article, The New State Zoning: Land Use Preemption Amid a Housing Crisis, may have been published before Oregon's historic vote but it is essential reading for those interested in the future of zoning.