The City of Tampa is proposing to replace its City-wide transportation impact fee created in 1986 that imposed six (6) districts, to a multi-modal fee whose funds are not restricted to transportation improvements. Unlike the transportation impact fee, these multi-modal funds could be used for bicycle, pedestrian and transit capital improvements in addition to non-local roadway capital improvements.

The City has decided at this point, that the new fee will remain the same as the current transportation impact fee, which has ...

On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project Inc. (ICP), that lawsuits based on complaints that a law or policy has a disparate impact on housing opportunities resulting in discrimination of minorities, whether or not intentional, are lawful under the FHA, and may create liability for the offender.

In ICP, federal low income tax credits were distributed to the state of Texas, who in ...

Having a house and a livelihood are two good things nobody should do without. When the state government, however, has other plans for the land your house is built on, posing a threat to your long-term abode, things could get a bit messy. With the government waving eminent domain as its privilege, residents who are at risk of being evicted require ample legal representation to present their case. Evan Axelbank of FOX13 in Tampa Bay said as much ...