Clinical Professor Heather Way comments on the rapidly expanding use of the Public Facilities Corporations (PFC) program in Texas in an article discussing legislative efforts to reform the program.
Clinical Professor Heather Way discusses the legal tool kit she co-produced, which is designed to protect historic Black places and is being used by nonprofit Builders of Hope to fight displacement in the Gilbert-Emory neighborhood.
Professor Heather Way asserts that the Public Facility Corporation program's median income threshold results in marginal benefit to renters while prioritizing property tax breaks for land developers.
A 2020 study by Professor Heather Way and the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic was referenced in an article about a proposed bill that would limit the use of tax breaks for public facility corporations in Texas.
Professor Heather Way discusses property tax exemptions for affordable housing developers after a controversial lease agreement between the city of Dallas and a private developer was settled.
A 2020 study by Professor Heather Way and the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic was referenced in a news story about affordable housing programs in Houston.
A 2020 study by Professor Heather Way and the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic was referenced in an article about Denton city's affordable housing plans.
Professor Heather Way and her 2022 tax break analysis are cited in an article about how Central Texas businessmen are negotiating big tax breaks for developers.
