See Also
Essential Books
& Publications
“How
Subsidized Housing Keeps the Poor Down” Book review
by Carol W. LaGrasse, April 9, 2005
Review of: America’s Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake-The
Failure of American Housing Policy
By Howard Husock (Ivan R. Dee, Chicago 2003)
Additional Helpful
Organizations
American Association of Small Property Owners, F. Patricia Callahan, President
(Connects hundreds of associations of small landlords and other
property owners throughout the country)
address
Homeowners Against Rent Kontrols
(HARK), Adrian R. Tiemann, Ph.D., President
(Association of small landlords in New York City)
address
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In-Depth Information
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 “The
Supreme Court’s Protection of Private Property Rights: The
Founders’ Dream, the Owner’s Nightmare” -
By Roger Pilon, J.D., Ph.D., Vice President for Legal Affairs
and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute,
Eleventh Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights
(PRFA, Albany, N.Y., October 13, 2007)
Roger Pilon presents an overview of private property rights,
beginning with first principles, including a discussion of the
history of the founding documents, followed by the police power
and eminent domain power; then four scenarios of government restrictions—government
actions that reduce the value of private property, regulation
to stop nuisance, regulatory takings, and full eminent domain;
and finally the four categories of eminent domain: transfer to
the public, transfer to a private owner for public utilities
and the like, condemnation for blight reduction, and transfer
to another private party for economic development. Highlights
of court rulings illustrate how the Progressive Era led to today’s
regulatory state.
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 “City
of Goleta Mobile Home Rent Control Law Struck Down”
- By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, November 21, 2004)
The U.S. District Court of the Central District of California
struck down the rent control ordinance of the City of Goleta
in California on October 29, 2004 as an unconstitutional taking
because it failed to substantially further its stated goal of
creating affordable housing. The law kept rents down but raised
sale prices, without allowing the mobile home owner to collect
a fair portion of the sales premium.
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- “Open Range
Warfare — The 2003 Version” - By Ron Zumbrun (Reprinted
by permission, from The Daily Recorder, City of Sacramento,
October 13, 2003)
Plumus County, California adopted an open range ordinance,
forcing property owners to allow cattle grazing. Jack and Millie
Herzberg are suing for trespass and illegal rent control. They
want full compensation and liability insurance.
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