Commentary

New at Reason.org: States Protect Property Rights

Reason’s Leonard Gilroy finds that anger from the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision remains and taxpayers are demanding their property rights be protected. In a new piece for Planetizen, Gilroy details what state lawmakers across the country are doing to shield property owners against both eminent domain abuses and the land use regulations that often cause severe financial losses by eroding property values. States Take Action To Protect Property Rights What States Are Doing About Eminent Domain Post-Kelo Gilroy in WSJ: What Jane Jacobs Really Saw Study: Statewide Regulatory Takings Reform: Exporting Oregon’s Measure 37 to Other States (.pdf) Reason Foundation’s Eminent Domain Research and Commentary