A court decision's date doesn't dictate the beginning or end of property rights. The Michigan Supreme Court in Rafaeli and the U.S. Supreme Court in Tyler v. Hennepin County both recognized that property interests at stake in government tax foreclosures are deeply rooted and pre-exist state law. Property cannot be taken without just compensation, n ...
Jeff Nick and his business partner, Jeff Davis, are responsible for some of the most substantial development in Vermont, including the state's first Walmart. In 2000, they bought a large swath of industrially zoned land in a high growth area of South Burlington (pictured above). The property's location and infrastructure made it ripe for the ...
Some retirees consider the beach an ideal place to live out their remaining years. Not Mike Bordelon. Drawn to Alabama's Gulf Shores, the retired computer engineer sees its beaches through an entrepreneur's lens. So he decided to use his retirement savings for a new endeavor: vacation rental housing. Mike started by renovating condos and existing ...
Hemorrhaging money and time, and unable to repair their properties or restore their businesses, these small businesses and property owners are asking the Supreme Court to confirm their constitutional right to reasonably timely just compensation. ...
When Tawanda and Prentiss Hall fell behind on their property taxes, they did what many financially strapped homeowners do: set up a payment plan with the local government. They didn't want to lose the Southfield, Michigan home where they lived with their children. The Oakland County treasurer ended the plan, however, with the tax debt standing a ...
Howard Iten is a retired auto mechanic who greatly depends on rental income from his one commercial property in Lawndale, California. His current tenant, however, is an auto repair franchisee who has refused to pay much of his rent during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though his business has been fully open the entire time. He owes Howard thousands o ...
In the wake of COVID-19, Washington State and Seattle joined a number of cities and states to enact emergency eviction bans that eliminated landlords' ability to evict tenants who violate lease terms, such as by neglecting to pay their rent. Seattle added an ordinance that prohibits landlords from seeking full repayment for up to a year from the em ...
The Shands family has owned Shands Key, a small Florida island, since the 1950s. Purchased by World War II surgeon and Mississippi hospital owner Dr. R.E. Shands, the island was originally zoned for residential use and could have been developed with at least seven homes. Today, however, government regulations designed to protect the environment pro ...
The Pavlock family has owned property along Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline for generations. Last year, a ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court redefined state law to move lakefront owners' property lines from the water's edge or below to the lake's ordinary high-water mark, turning large swaths of private beach into public property without compens ...