Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Across America, cities are using bogus blight designations to bypass protections for property rights. Using blight studies that cite things like old paint and stay cats, they take well-maintained homes and businesses and hand them over to private developers, who’ll build new properties for wealthier people.
Today we have with us IJ attorneys Bob Belden and Bobbi Taylor to discuss challenges to bogus blight in New Jersey and Missouri.
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Perth Amboy Case: ij.org/case/perth-amboy-nj-blight
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Hear about the cases, issues, and tactics advancing IJ’s fight for freedom—directly from the people on the front lines. Beyond the Brief explores the legal theories, strategies, and methods IJ uses to bring about real world change, expanding individual liberty and ending abuses of government power. Each episode gives listeners an in-depth, inside look at how—and why—we do what we do.
Across America, cities are using bogus blight designations to bypass protections for property rights. Using blight studies that cite things like old paint and stay cats, they take well-maintained homes and businesses and hand them over to private developers, who’ll build new properties for wealthier people.
Today we have with us IJ attorneys Bob Belden and Bobbi Taylor to discuss challenges to bogus blight in New Jersey and Missouri.
LINKS:
Become a Monthly Donor: ij.org/support/give-now/?recurring=1&amount=5&utm_campaign=monthly-podcast-ad&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=perth-brentwood-btb
Audio (RSS) Version of the Show: ij.org/podcast/beyond-the-brief
Brentwood Video: youtu.be/mnuB1p7ut9s
Perth Amboy Case: ij.org/case/perth-amboy-nj-blight
Report Abuse: ij.org/report-abuse
About Beyond the Brief:
Hear about the cases, issues, and tactics advancing IJ’s fight for freedom—directly from the people on the front lines. Beyond the Brief explores the legal theories, strategies, and methods IJ uses to bring about real world change, expanding individual liberty and ending abuses of government power. Each episode gives listeners an in-depth, inside look at how—and why—we do what we do.
