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  • Tax incentives target poor neighborhoods but leave communities behind

    Apr 8, 2019 12:00 pm by Phil CicioraResearch
    Michelle Layser, professor of law

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    • Michelle Layser, professor of law

    The lack of safeguards to protect poor communities in pro-gentrification incentives (such as the new federal 'opportunity zone' tax incentive) may actually be a feature of the policy.