Preemption And Housing: Towards A Vertical Balance Of Power
When local jurisdictions enact policies that adversely impact people looking for housing, there is a state interest in preempting them from further action.
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When local jurisdictions enact policies that adversely impact people looking for housing, there is a state interest in preempting them from further action.
Preemption Beyond the Politics It’s easy to make the argument that preemption makes sense for one party or the other depending on which party has power.
Before being fully established, the Dillon rule as challenged by rulings and writings by Judge Thomas Cooley from Michigan.
Dillon’s premise is that local governments can only exercise those powers explicitly given to them by the state.
As Metro inches toward a fiscal cliff that would force it to cut services dramatically, we unpack where the major players stand on filling the short-term funding gap.