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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
M. Jodi Rell, Governor
 
Robert S. Poliner
Ombudsman
 
Office of Ombudsman
for Property Rights
450 Capitol Avenue
MS# 54PRO
Hartford, CT 06106-1379
 
Within Hartford
Calling Area
860-418-6356
 
Outside Hartford
 Calling Area
1-877-OMBUDCT
1-877-662-8328
 
FAX: 860-418-6485
 
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"... nor shall private property be taken for public
use, without just compensation."
Fifth Amendment, United States Constitution
 
 

POINTS OF INTEREST

 

  • Read   the   Ombudsman's message   about mediation and if you have received a notice from any state or municipal agency indicating an intent to take your property or an easement over your property, read how you can request mediation.

 

  • Read the Goodwill Study in which the Ombudsman and a committee of distinguished appraisers, lawyers and government officials call for payment for loss of goodwill and an increase in relocation payments for businesses displaced by eminent domain.

 

  • Read the Office of Ombudsman for Property Rights official 2007-2008 Annual Report as submitted to Governor M. Jodi Rell.

 

  • Read the Ombudsman’s October Newsletter in which he discusses regulatory takings in greater detail.  Learn how local land use agencies are able to affect property values, sometimes negatively, without paying any compensation.  Also, find out what “exaction” means.

 

  • Read the November Newsletter “Kelo, Cars and Jobs.”  Law school professor Gideon Kanner claims states are engaging in “economic civil war” and using eminent domain as a weapon.  Read the Ombudsman’s comments on revising Connecticut’s economic development statutes.

 

 

  • Read the Commentary by the Advisory Board of the Connecticut Law Tribune dated May 19, 2008 about the Office of Ombudsman for Property Rights.
  
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