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  • Dear Editor: Who Will Pay for Senator Hertz's Reform of TIF?

    SARA HUDSON|Feb 19, 2025

    Dear Editor, Who will pay for Senator Hertz's reform of tax increment financing? Tax increment financing (TIF) is a policy driver that incentivizes private developers to develop in areas they would not otherwise develop, e.g., 100-year-old vacant, blighted structures full of contaminants on rural Main Streets. Why? They can't cash flow them. They can't maximize their profits. It is cheaper to buy ag and green lands outside of the city boundaries where they don't have to hassle with city codes,...