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Tax Increment Financing Harms Cities—Let’s Rein It In

March 17, 2026 | Tom Tresser

City redevelopment subsidies siphon tens of billions of dollars away from public services nationwide. Here are some ways, based on what has worked in Chicago, to fight back.

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Policy

Tax Increment Financing (TIF): Revitalization Tool, Developer Handout … or Both?

June 1, 2023 | Shelby R. King

Tax increment financing attracts development in disinvested areas, but it also diverts millions of tax revenue away from city services to investors. And some claim officials are using the program in racist and corrupt ways. What is TIF? And how does it work?

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Communities

Who Will Benefit from Port Covington?

October 21, 2016 | Daniel Kravetz

Advocates, city leaders, and Under Armour’s real estate arm negotiate a $660 million tax deal and a vision for economic development in Baltimore.

Housing

Building in Affordability

February 8, 2011 | Rebecca Cohen and Emily Salomon

A range of existing policy tools can help preserve and expand affordable housing near planned transit stations — but to have the most effect, they need to be put in place up front.