Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a public financial tool cities, towns, and counties use to stimulate development and redevelopment in specific areas. This mechanism allows for the reallocation of ...

Legislation needed to create a first-of-its-kind tax zone aimed at rehabilitating thousands of vacant properties in Baltimore will be introduced to the Baltimore City Council on Monday, a crucial step ...

The biggest concern is the negative impact of TIF financing on the Vermont Education Fund. The use of TIF means our property tax revenue, normally sent to the fund, will be diverted to repaying the ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Omaha released an independent study Wednesday after Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley expressed his concern to state lawmakers on what he called the rapid escalation ...

A Cleveland County judge has ruled that a referendum petition challenging Norman’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district is insufficient blocking it from appearing on the ballot. A Cleveland County ...

The rail switch yard dated back to the 1880s and hosted some 50 jobs on a 25-acre plot of land — little more than two workers per acre, all told, occupying a handful of underutilized industrial ...

Imagine downtown Little Rock with more affordable housing, expanded public transportation and twice the number of people. All that, and more, is envisioned in the capital city’s future in the ...

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