… barn or other facilities located on land zoned for agricultural purposes as … at this time. House Bill 5949: Let banks hold back suspected financial abuse … by Rep. Peter Lucido (R), to allow bank and financial institution officials … would expire in 15 days unless the bank determines the disbursement is legitimate, …
… housing project tax breaks, passed in the House (85 to 14) To exempt housing projects receiving state or federal subsidies and on property sold by a "land bank fast track authority" from the (discounted) property tax imposed on such property. Complete Roll Call Vote Tally House Bill 6086, Appropriate …
… to committee, no further action at this time. Senate Bill 422: Give “land banks” a social welfare mission Introduced by Sen. Ian Conyers (D), to expand the mission of government “land banks” to also include making homes available for disabled veterans. These …
… action at this time. House Bill 4423: Let more municipalities incur “land bank” debt Introduced by Rep. David LaGrand (D), to expand the municipalities … debt related to their buying and selling properties in a government “land bank fast track authority.” Referred to committee, no further action at this …
… Who Voted "No" House Bill 4803, Sell state fairgrounds: Passed 101 to 7 in the House To transfer the state fairgrounds in Detroit to a Michigan "Land Bank Fast Track Authority" created by the legislature in 2003, which has extensive powers to assemble and dispose of tax reverted property. Alternatively, …
… Mackinac Center Education Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding recently wrote about the abuses of one type of such entities, a relatively new one called “land bank” authorities. Fiscal Policy Director Michael LaFaive has written about another proposed tax-borrow-and-spend entity being strongly advanced by Kent …
… authority, authorize grants to local governments to create “wetland mitigation banks,” slightly reduce wetland regulatory burdens imposed on county drain commission … the scope those required by federal law, and make other changes to these land use restrictions. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" House Bill 4042, …
… Steelcase "Pyramid" building for a loosely defined, education-related "public/private partnership," along with other spending including more money for "land banks." The bill would also authorize $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted …
… law, instead basing pay strictly on degree-level and seniority. We learned of this through FOIA requests we sent to school districts. The Detroit Land Bank’s blight demolition program has come under scrutiny and was subject to a federal investigation for wasted funds and inefficiencies. An open records …
… thinking. But a working paper published in July by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia upends the conventional wisdom that gentrification harms … Travis County homeowner just in the last five years. He also cited burdensome land-use and building regulations as key contributors to Austin’s housing affordability …
