Historic Districts Protect Your Property Rights
Submitted by Bob Yapp on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 12:56pm
Some people will tell you that if you live in a historic district or the community is thinking about making your neighborhood a historic district, the world is coming to an end. They say things like, "It's nothing but a left wing conspiracy to take my property rights away" or "The paint police are coming to tell us why we can't cover our old house with plastic siding".
Abandoned Lots - What's a Community To Do?
Submitted by Bob Yapp on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 5:25pmAbandoned lots dot the central city landscape in small towns to big cities throughout America. Tearing down an existing historic house is one of the least green things a community can do. Doing so also takes away the cultural and historic context of our neighborhoods. Vacant lots are magnets for crime, trash and despair as well as a prescription for property taxes to plummet.