Studies and Documents Related to Tax Increment Financing

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National Education Association (nea.org)

Corporate Tax Handouts Harm Public Schools, NEA Report Shows

Protecting Public Education from Tax Giveaways to Corporations

Park Ridge IL Board of Education

Letter to Parents: their reasons for rejecting proposed TIF

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (lincolninst.edu)
Tax Increment Financing :A Tool for Local Economic Development

Can Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Reverse Urban Decline?

Complete Lincoln Institute of Land Policy TIF Publications (use search term "TIF")

Heartland Institute (heartland.org)

A Brief Lesson in Tax Increment Financing

TIF Epidemic Infects Local Governments

Some Question Use of TIF

Tax Increment Financing Reconsidered

Study: TIF Doesn't Work, Hurts Neighborhoods, and Is Unfair

The Right Tool for the Job? An Analysis of Tax Increment Financing (Summary)

The Right Tool for the Job? An Analysis of Tax Increment Financing

Complete Heartland Institute TIF Publications (use search term "TIF")
Illinois Tax Increment Association - Building Illinois Communities

Illinois Municipal League (iml.org)

Legal Questions and Answers

Municipal Officers for Redevelopment Reform (MORR) (redevelopment.com)

Redevelopment: The Unknown Government

Castle Coalition (castlecoalition.org)

Kelo v. City of New London: What it Means and the Need for Real Eminent Domain Reform

Government Theft: The Top 10 Abuses of Eminent Domain

New Rules Project (newrules.org TIF page)

Straying from Good Intentions:

How States are Weakening Enterprise Zone and Tax Increment Financing Programs

National Capital Budget Group(ncbg.org TIF pages)

NCBG: How do TIFs affect schools?


Illinois Tax Increment Association
Building Illinois Communities

NIU.EDU

The Impact of TIF on Residential Property Value Appreciation

Good Jobs First (goodjobsfirst.org)

Straying from good intentions: How states are Weakening Enterprise Zones and Tax Increment Financing

 

 

 

 

 

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