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INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………129  \nⅡ. BACKGROUND……………………………………………………………………………………………………133  \nA. Takings Clause in the Fifith Amendment as applied in  \nMidkiff and Kelo …………………………………………………………………………………133  \nB. Housing imbalance in New York City in the wake of  \noverdriven gentrification………………………………………………………………138  \nⅢ. ARGUMENT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………144  \nA. RTTC-NYC findings and proposal……………………………………………144  \nB. Privatized low-income housing is valid public purpose……147  \nIV. CoNCLUSION ………………………………………………………………………………………………………150  \n# I. INTRODUCTION\n\nWithin the proliferation of scholarship in the wake of Kelo v. City of New  \nLondon, one law student's note provided this straightforward assessment:  \n“Doctrinally, the [United States Supreme] Court's decision in Kelo was unsur-  \nprising………”InKelo,theCourtpredictablyaffirmedeconomicdevelopment  \nas a public purpose for which land can be condemned.² The Court's language  \nregarding incidental private benefit echoed the eminent domain precedent es-  \ntablished in Hawaii Housing Authority v.Midkiff.³ When the Court recognized  \nin Kelo that \"the government's pursuit of a public purpose will often benefit  \nnue………Becausethatplanunquestionablyservesapublicpurpose,thetakingschallenged  \nindividual private parties,\"it underlined its earlier determination in Midkiffthat \"transfer[ence]in the first instance to private beneficiaries does not con-demn that taking as having only a private purpose.”5 But public opposition toKelo has continued to find strength in the unraveling of New London's revitali-zation attempt over the half a decade since the decision.⁶The designatedredeveloper has lost it designation for lack of financing,and all that NewLondon can show for its app","cbCaie5EoBrrOTpt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie5EoBrrOTpt","pdf",1383908,25,"English","# I. 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