Turner Attempts to Blackmail Kingwood TIRZ: “Give Me a Third of Your Revenue or Sit in Traffic Forever”. Not all TIRZs are created equal. Nor are they operated in the same manner.…

In the 1980s, the Texas Legislature authorized certain local governments to create TIRZs. The TIRZ statute authorizes multiple local governmental entities to jointly participate in a TIRZ.…

More Evidence TIRZ Reform is Needed. Mike Morris at the Houston Chronicle continued his outstanding reporting on the City of Houston’s TIRZ system this week with three stories. One provides an overview of how TIRZs work generally.…

Houston TIRZs are $1 Billion in Debt. As of last year, Houston’s tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) had just under $1 billion in combined liabilities.…

The financial information available on the TIRZs is spotty. The best source I have been able to find are the TIRZ budgets on the City’s website. [Click here to review TIRZs’ Budgets].…

Houston TIRZs: Taxing the Poor to Spend on the Rich.…

So, stuff it has since 2004, approving ever more TIRZs, extensions to the lives of expiring TIRZs, and dozens of annexations, thus excluding hundreds of millions of dollars from the voter-imposed limitation.…

Reform TIRZs, Don't Repeal Property Tax Cap. My former colleagues at the Houston Chronicle editorial board opined this week that the City’s property tax cap should be repealed and that the tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) need to be reformed.…

In 2014, the Uptown TIRZ proposed to build dedicated bus lanes down the middle of Post Oak Boulevard.…