Depending on your spin, tax increment financing is either A) a great tool for cities to encourage projects that otherwise wouldn’t happen or B) a giveaway to private developers that skews the market and slows tax dollars from flowing to the school district or the county.
![For Better or Worse, New City TIF Rules Headed to City Council by John Hart, WSJ](https://buildtosuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/TIF-Article-graphic-e1432744047392-100x100.jpg)