Eminent Domain Reform Needed

The National Center’s environment and regulatory staff is calling on all states to adopt policies to prohibit governments from taking private property for economic development or to increase tax revenue.

Says Peyton Knight:

One man’s blight is another man’s castle. Without proper restrictions and well-defined parameters, governments will exploit the blight loophole and continue to abuse eminent domain power.

Read all about it here.



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