beyond development: exposing land grabs & the blight ... · * “poverty is a cancer. poverty...
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BeyondDevelopment:ExposingLandGrabs&TheBlightRemoval
TaskForceReport
PeterJ.HammerProfessorofLawandDirectorDamonJ.KeithCenterForCivilRightsWayneStateUniversityLawSchoolDetroitersSpeak,February20,2018
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* PovertyEliminationTaskForce* Federally“convened”taskforceoffederal,state,city,
publicandprivateactors* Co-Chairedby1)billionairebusinessman,2)former
UniversityPresidentand3)non-profitleader* Taskedwithdesigningaplantoeliminatepovertyin
Detroitinasrapidandcompleteamanneraspossible
* LongawaitedReportreleasedTODAY!
NewsfromanAlternativeUniverse
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* “Povertyisacancer.Povertysucksthesouloutofanyonewhogetsnearit,letalonethosewhoareunfortunateenoughtolivewithitallaroundthem.Povertyisradioactive.Itiscontagious.”* “Povertyisalsoasymbol.Itisasymbolofallthatiswrong
andallthathasgonewrongfortoomanydecadesintheoncethrivingworld-classcityofDetroit.* PovertyEliminationTaskForceReport:* Aggressiveplantoeliminateallpovertywithina5yearperiod!* Commitmentof$2billiontotheeffort!* “allhandsondeck”strategy!
NewsfromanAlternativeUniverse
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* “Blightisacancer.Blightsucksthesouloutofanyonewhogetsnearit,letalonethosewhoareunfortunateenoughtolivewithitallaroundthem.Blightisradioactive.Itiscontagious.”* “Blightisalsoasymbol.Itisasymbolofallthatiswrong
andallthathasgonewrongfortoomanydecadesintheoncethrivingworld-classcityofDetroit.* BlightRemovalTaskForceReport(BRTFR):* Aggressiveplantoeliminateallblightwithina5year
period!* Commitmentof2billiondollarstotheeffort!* “allhandsondeck”strategy!
RealNewsfromDetroit
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BlightRemovalTaskForceReport
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* BlightReportvalues“property”andnot“people”* BlightReportisatoolforimplementationofDetroitFutureCityPlan* BlightReportlackspoliticalandanalyticlegitimacy* Norootcauseanalysisoftheproblem* Nocredibleeconomiccasefortheproposal
* Needalternativeapproachesto“blight,”landanddevelopmentintheCity
MajorThemesofPresentation
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Recall:DetroitFutureCity
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Extremefragmentationofland
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* GivenextremefragmentationofpropertyitisdifficulttoimplementDCF’s50-year,color-codedvision* NoDFCrolefor“eminentdomain”* Economiccostandlegalconstraints* Clevermanipulationoftransactioncostsofholdingland* Question:Howcandispersedlandbe* 1)convertedfrom“private”to“public”* 2)beaggregatedandreassembled,and* 3)beredistributed?
DFCisadeadletter...unless
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Needanewwiz-bangmachine
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* Multiplewaystoforfeitland* Criminalactivity* Nuisanceabatement* Taxforeclosure* NewStateauthorized“blighttickets”* [Watershutoffs]
* Increasespeedandefficiencyofforfeiture* Automateandoutsourcehearingnoticeprocess* “bundling”oflandatauction
* Landbankasmachineforreassemblyandredistribution
BRTFRasLandReassembly
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* Nomentionof“race,”“racism,”“discrimination,”“segregation,”“black,”“white,”“whiteflight”* Nomentionof“redlining”or“reverseredlining”* Nomentionof“poverty”(ignoredintaxforeclosure)* Mentionof“predatory”concerningallegedabusesbypurchasersinthetaxforeclosureauction,butnotpredatorylendinginprivatemortgagemarkets
WhatisnotintheReport?(ThreeRs)
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* “Eventheswiftestandmostaggressivefightagainsttoday’sblightwillaccomplishverylittleifwedon’taddresstheconditionsthatledtoit.Detroit’scollapsingstructuresandvacantlotsdidn’tjust‘happen.’”* [But]theseissuesclearlyfalloutsidethescopeofourreport.”(197)(seealso18)* Artificiallycontrived“mandate”
Absenceofrootcauseanalysis
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* NoeconomicanalysisintheReporttojustifyaction* MartiKopacz:nowaytoassesseconomicrateofreturnonblightinvestment(feasibilityassessmentofBOA)* Noefforttomodelorexaminelocalpropertymarkets* “Magicalthinking”basedonablindfaithinpowerofmarkets
EconomicCaseforBlightRemoval?
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* BlightRemovalTaskForceReportwasadeadletter* NofundinginexitfinancinginbankruptcyPlanofAdjustment* Federalinvestigationsintocityblightremovalactions
* Thethreereports(DFC,BRTFRandBOA)functionasanMRIrevealingtheoftenhiddenvisionofthecityandthevaluesofdevelopers* Howdoesthecityaccomplishthesameend?* Rampuptaxforeclosures* Rampupwatershutoffs* Gilbert“brownfield”bill
Wherewearenow
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* Focusontheneedsofpeoplenotproperty* Blightisasymptom,notacause–needcommunity-ledprocesstomangetheproblemofblight(demolishingpropertieswhenappropriate)* Needprogramstokeeppeopleintheirhomesandtoincreasehousingoptionsforthoseindistress* NeedprogramsthatcreateopportunityandmeaningforDetroitresidents
Needalternativeapproaches
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