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Reason
Christian Britschgi

New Jersey Town Uses Flimsy Blight Allegations To Seize Tire Shop, Apartment Building

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include:

  • Proposed funding cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
  • Zoning reform in Baltimore.
  • Encampment crackdowns in California.

But first, our lead story on a case of apparent eminent domain abuse in New Jersey. There, the city of Perth Amboy is using incredibly flimsy blight allegations to seize an apartment building and a family-owned tire shop from owners whose families came to America to escape communism.

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