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#StoptheWestEndTIF
from Activating

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Residents are pushing back to #StoptheTIF  

If the West End TIF district is activated, wealthy developers will be able to use West End property taxes for 20 years to make it cheaper and easier for them to build homes and rental properties for affluent future residents. This gentrification of the West End will inflate the cost of living beyond what is affordable for many current residents, inevitably forcing them to leave. Tens of thousands are expected to be displaced or dispossessed of their property based on their annual income alone. Renters and property owners making at or under $35,000 annual median income are most vulnerable to displacement and dispossession. Residents and allies are rallying together to fight back!

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Below you will find...

  1. The #StoptheTIF Campaign Demands

  2. Our Ongoing Interview Series with West End Residents,

  3. A quick 8min Explainer Video that breakdown what is happening and how residents will be impacted,

  4. Who's Robbing the West End Chart

  5. A 4min Presentation from a West End Resident,

  6. List of Black Politicians in support of the campaign,

  7. Over a dozen clips from an Expert Panel about TIFs

  8. Prof. Dr. Tony Arnold's presentation on the TIF & WEOP

  9. Links to some News Stories about the TIF, and more...

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Campaign Demands

Expert Panel Clips

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Clip13 - Demands and Who can STOP Activation
Clip12 - QA: Can the West End Opportunity Partnership board (who controls the West End TIF) be held responsible?
Clip11 - How are investors likely to respond to the concerns coming from the community?
Clip10 - QA: How would credit ratings be affected?
Clip9 - Whose development interest are centered in this TIF
Clip8 - QA: What happens if the TIF fails?
Clip7 - QA/”When it doesn’t go right they still get paid”
Clip6 - QA: Are there “good” or “community” TIFs?
Clip5 - Who Pays & Who Gets Paid explained w/ graphic
Clip4 - What is an abatement
Clip3 - Looking at the Big Picture with TIFs
Clip2 - Initial Thoughts on West End TIF
Clip1 - Introduction
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Prof. Dr. Tony Arnold Presentation on TIF & "The Partnership"/WEOP

Tony Arnold is the Boehl Chair in Property and Land Use at the University of Louisville, teaching in both the Brandeis School of Law and the Department of Urban and Public Affairs. His research and teaching are at the intersection of land use, water, the environment, public policy, evolving governance institutions, and social and racial justice. He also directs the interdisciplinary Resilience Justice Project, which seeks to address the unequal vulnerabilities of marginalized and oppressed communities to shocks, such as climate change, disasters, and gentrification.

Black Politicians Stand w/ Residents!